Cutlery are utensils used for serving and eating food at the dining table — originally referring to just knives, whereas forks and spoons were silverware — all part of flatware or tableware, these bot
A table setting for an eight-course meal, including a butter knife resting on a crystal stand, a cocktail fork, soup spoon, dessert fork, dessert spoon, and an ice cream fork, as well as separate knives and forks for fish, entrée, main course, and salad
A set (known as a canteen) of Georgian era silver cutlery, including ladles, and serving spoons. The thin item on the left is a marrow scoop for eating bone marrow
Cutlery as typically presented for use in a self-service cafeteria or canteen
Set of French travelling cutlery in the Victoria and Albert Museum (1550–1600)
A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery, especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mo
Cutlery
…Cutlery are utensils used for serving and eating food at the dining table — originally referring to just knives, whereas forks and spoons were silverware — all part of flatware (American English) or tableware, these both encompassing crockery as well. These three implements first appeared…
Stainless steel bouillon (soup) spoon
Sasanian spoon and fork (4th century)
Assorted spoons of the Roman world (British Museum)
Medieval spoons with seal top