Small spoons for taking loose tea out of a caddy started to appear in the middle of the eighteenth century. The earliest seem to appear around 1760 and at this date tend to have a shell form bowl. From the 1780s onwards large quantities were produced in a extraordinary range of shapes and styles and decorative motifs. Many of the handles followed the contemporary flatware patterns for example Old English, Fiddle, Kings and Queens pattern. Additionally, spoons were made in the form of jockey’s caps, Eagles ‘wings, hands and leaves amongst many other shapes were made.