Topic: Fish Shaped Glass Scoop?

[dinklepip]

Is this a scoop for something or just ornamental, and any idea on maker please?
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/cookiepops/DSCF31441.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/cookiepops/DSCF31451.jpg

[dirk.]

I vote for peanuts. 

[dinklepip]

peanuttttttttttttttttttttttts, get your peanutsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss  :24:

[keith]

..here's one in brass,although I wouldn't want to eat anything out of this one

[Frank]

Spoon warmer, not the brass one though, lip is too low.

[dinklepip]

spoon warmer?  how would that work

[Frank]

You have one at each place setting or larger one for sharing. A little hot water is put in and then the spoon. I used to know why they were needed but that useless fact seems to have dropped into a black hole in the grey matter. They are mostly, but not always fish or shell shapes. Glass is less common than pewter, silver and ceramic - probably because you could put much hotter water into them than you could glass ones.

[Lustrousstone]

There's a surprising amount of info on the web
http://soodiebeasley.blogspot.com/2008/12/victorian-essential-spoon-warmer.html

[dinklepip]

unusually interesting thank you