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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Wooden spoon with curved handle.
Made from lignum vitae (also known as 'tree of life'), this wood was a particular choice for making wassail bowls and loving cups in the seventeenth century as it was widely believed that the wood contained medicinal properties which would cure disease. Could possibly have been an apothecary spoon.
