Horn spoon from Gunnister, Northmavine, Shetland, late 17th century

Silver soupspoon by H.R., Tain, inscribed with monogram "C"

Silver slipped-in-the-stalk spoon found at Kirkhope Tower, Selkirkshire, early 17th century

Silver spoon with fig-shaped bowl and seal-top handle, by William Cok, Edinburgh, 1573

Silver disc-end spoon with circular bowl, vestigial rat-tail, joining straight stem flaring out at upper end to a secondary disc, below the disc-end, inscribed 'S / IM', with maker's mark and deacon's mark: Scottish, Edinburgh, Gilbert Kirkwood, 1611 - 1613

One of a pair of silver trefid spoons by Robert Gardiner, Perth, 1681 - 1682

One of a pair of silver trefid spoons by Robert Gardiner, Perth, 1681 - 1682

One of a pair of silver spoons with tops of debased trefid type, by Colin McKenzie, 1713 - 1714

Silver tablespoon with a Hanoverian end, by David Warnock, Glasgow, inscribed "M" on the underside of the end

Silver tablespoon with a rounded rat-tail bowl and a Hanoverian end, by C.D., possibly Charles Dickson, Dundee, inscribed "R S M G" on the underside of the end

Silver tablespoon with an Old English end, by Thomas Stewart, Elgin, inscribed "I L" on the end

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle pattern end, by George Elder, Banff, inscribed "PFK" on the end

Silver teaspoon with a rounded bowl and Old English end, by George Elder, Banff, inscribed "M" on the end

Silver tablespoon with a rounded rat-tail bowl and a Hanoverian end, by George Cooper, Aberdeen, c. 1730, inscribed "W M D" on the underside of the end

Silver spoon with a Puritan end, probably by Alexander Reid the second, Edinburgh, engraved with a tulip and three pairs of leaves on the stem and inscribed "MH 1667" on the back of the bowl

Silver tablespoon with a long pointed bowl and turned down fiddle or oar end, by Andrew Wilkie, Edinburgh, 1819 - 1820, inscribed "CAL: HORT: SOC: To .... 1"