APOSTLE SPOONS
It was an ancient custom—one which is not quite out of use—for the sponsors at christenings to offer • silver or gilt spoons as a present to the child. These were called Apostle Spoons, because the extremity of the handle was formed into the figure of one or other of the Apostles. .Such as were opulent and generous gave the whole twelve; those who were moderately wealthy or liberal escaped at the expense of the four Evangelists, or even sometimes contented themselves with presenting only one spoon, which exhibited the figure of any saint, in honor of whom the child received its name.
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New Zealand Tablet, 20 March 1913, Page 62
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104APOSTLE SPOONS New Zealand Tablet, 20 March 1913, Page 62
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