3221 – Salem Witch Spoon: Commemorative Spoon

Physical description:

Small teaspoon with witch decorations. Silvery/copper colour. The handle ends as a broomstick. From the end of the handle to the spoon there is the following decoration: a witch holding a broomstick standing in a crescent moon, pins, rope and a cat wit

Museum classification:

Originally purchased for 2016 Halloween exhibition, now in Images of Witchcraft

Size:

10cm x 2cm

Information:

This spoon commemorates the Salem Witch Trials and has the date 1692 written on it. This spoon is credited with starting the "American souvenir spoon craze" of the late 1800s/early 1900s.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Metal

Copyright ownership:

Daniel Low

This spoon commemorates the Salem Witch Trials and has the date 1692 written on it. This spoon is credited with starting the "American souvenir spoon craze" of the late 1800s/early 1900s.