Like a spoon but totally flat - what was it for?

Iggyks

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• Sep 13, 2018

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Dug this yesterday at an old home site occupied late 19th century till maybe the 1930s. Shaped exactly like a spoon but completely flat, and made that way, not just flattened. Sticks to a magnet so wasn't a fancy version of whatever it is...

 

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• Sep 13, 2018

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A French Sauce Spoon maybe... ?

 

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It looks like a spoon because......it is a spoon....flattened..by reason or accident

 

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• Sep 13, 2018

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joe dert said:

It looks like a spoon because......it is a spoon....flattened..by reason or accident

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+1, flattened spoon

 

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If it was flattened it was well done, it is perfectly flat with no trace of having been curved...

 

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• Sep 13, 2018

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Maybe part of a decorative wall hanging or something. Just for display and not actual use.

 

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• Sep 14, 2018

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I've dug a spoon like this. From what I gather folks would flatten spoons and make wind chimes out of them.

 

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• Sep 14, 2018

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Before spoons are spoons they are flat. They are stamped from flat stock then shaped. I think you have a half made spoon.

 

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• Sep 15, 2018

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It was for eating

 

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• Sep 15, 2018

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A man could starve to death trying to eat with this thing...

 

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• Sep 15, 2018

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Hmmmmm…… A Spoonula perhaps ?

 

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• Sep 16, 2018

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Iggyks said:

A man could starve to death trying to eat with this thing...

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you're pretty close! back in the day when dieting was first invented, that's what they did in order to curb eating disorders.... they flattened their spoons like that thus limiting their calorie intake.

 

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• Sep 16, 2018

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If it is *perfectly* flat and you find more like it in the general vicinity, I'd guess that you found a flatware manufactory. But a regular, standard spoon can get smooshed without much noticeable damage. Are there maker's marks?

 

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StevePcola said:

If it is *perfectly* flat and you find more like it in the general vicinity, I'd guess that you found a flatware manufactory. But a regular, standard spoon can get smooshed without much noticeable damage. Are there maker's marks?

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I need to try electrolysis in it, can't see anything...