Spoon Warmers were filled with boiling water and left on the table. All serving spoons were placed in it until needed, enabling them to remain warm before scooping into some rich dish. Food served with a cold spoon may cool down too quickly for some tastes.
That couldn't possibly be accomplished by simply leaving the spoon in the serving dish or using wooden spoons... I'm SO glad I've never had to do all the ridiculous shit rich folks do, haha!
@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney im not rich at all but no, letting the spoon on the dish will make it a bit colder in some cases and depending on how hot it is you might wait too much and it will cool down, and well i have no argument against the wooden spoon, at least i dont like them much tho, they get too get and need some good cleaning if you dont want extra flavours aside from the wood flavour itself
@@christhopervargas2275 I'm talking about just putting the serving dish on the table with the serving spoon already sunk into whatever's in the dish. That's how we do it. Then again, you could literally use a chunk of dry ice for a spoon and I don't think it'd make much of a difference if you ate it as soon as it was served, haha!
1:14 *Her flicker of disgust at discovering it's **_Irish_** silver is priceless **_("REALLY?_** I wouldn't **_KNOW!")._** Also, they should've cast her as Dolores Umbridge in "Harry Potter."* 😂
THAT’S IT, now I want one!!! Never knew they existed (I just love the British and their formalities). All this time I’ve just been using a mason jar on the counter. I’m immediately going to be searching the internet for one of my own - I hope I can land one just like it. Well done!!
I had to look it up: Spoon warmers were popular in Victorian houses as a way of keeping serving spoons warm. In large Victorian houses kitchens were often well away from dining rooms to keep unpleasant cooking smells away, so spoon warmers were used to help keep food warm. @@favouritemoon4133
Happy memories of warm spoons from the warmer as a child. Being a younger born of the family I had to settle with an inheritance of a "plated" warmer. Works as well but I'll always have to settle with less-than sterling.
Well I'm surprised! I've never heard of a spoon warmer. I had to look it up. Briefly popular in the Victorian era. The nautilus shape was most common. There was also one American manufacturer. Having superfluous tableware was a status symbol.
Also, silver was an easily transportable form of wealth which could be turned into cash without many questions being asked, (unlike gold or jewellery).
I always wondered why I had a sterling silver asparagus server, such a specific tool I have always wanted to use but never made asparagus so never used it yet.
Well, I thought it was a surprise because I believe the swear box was usually a separate item , mainly associated with men only dinners where the language deteriorated as the wine flowed. Why anyone would want to warm a spoon at the table also surprised me!
I'm from different class obviously. Never knew about possibility of warming spoons but was fully aware of need to collect and gather money. So for me the surprise was in opposite direction.
Thank you for this comment as I was wondering what a ‘square box’ was and now understand it is ‘swear box’! 🤔Now I’m wondering what words were used back then that they considered swearing…but that’s ok I don’t really need to know. 😆
To the Brits, it's a HUGE surprise that an article with a thistle on it turns out to be IRISH rather than Scottish and moreover, was originally made as a swearbox! I'm sure that had them gossiping for ages!
Well, 150 years ago, the whole home might have been cold as a well digger's posterior and metal objects in the home might not help enjoy a bowl of soup or cup of tea or coffee as much as a warm spoon. I warm up my coffee cup before I pour the hot coffee in it. Works for me.
I had to google spoon warmer. I just love the idea of these old military men sitting around their common room and somebody says something rude and they call the butler to bring the swear box and get a laugh out of their fellow guardsman putting his coin in. I wonder what the money went for when it was full.
Is there an epidemic of cold spoons in England? Just have the spoon put on a sweater and make it a cup of tea. With energy prices up we can't afford to crank the heat.
Spoon warmer? My goodness, that is just such a posh and British concept. What sort of spoons do posh Britishers recon need warmed? (not being facetious; this is my first encounter with this class of tableware)
It was made in Ireland for a Scottish Regiment. It ended up with the daughter of one of the senior officers of that regiment. That's a pretty short trail to follow.
@@k.e.becquer4681 Well, it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, it wasn't part of Britain as such. I think the surprise was because geographically based regiments tend to have strong loyalty to that region and for table silverware for a Scottish regiment to be made elsewhere is almost unthinkable. Hence the surprise and doubt when the owner heard this news.
@@Crusty_Camper The Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion spent the inter-war period in Ireland. They had been garrisoned in Dublin for long periods throughout their history. They put down a rebellion in Dublin in 1803, garrisoned for two or three years 1820s, 1830s, 1840s 1880s, then 1918 - 1921
Apparently they were used in some Victorian-era houses of a certain class/wealth to prevent cold spoons from infecting hot food with...the cold present in high-ceilinged draughty houses. I had never heard of them before.
I KNOW WE DIPD THE ICECREAM SCOOPER IN WARM WATER TO GET THE CREAM OUT EASILY OR MAKE MORE UNIFORMD BALLS ..LOL ..NEVER KNEW I NEEDED MY SPOONS WARMD...I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS...FIRST BEING...WHAT IS THE PERFECT WARMD SPOON TEMP ..WHY IS THE FOOD NOT WARM ENUFF. IM TODAY YEARS OLD🤭🥴🤔😁
I'd never heard of a spoon warmer either, so I googled and found this which I've extracted the main points from: 'Spoon warmers were created in the days before central heating when breakfast consisted of hot porridge and the dinners needed to remain warm. Ceilings were high and rooms drafty. Grasping a warm spoon must have seemed comforting. So little is known about spoon warmers today and not many people care, but it was an essential of its time. How could a proper house function if a warm dish suffered the affront of a cold stuffing spoon? Most spoon warmers are made from silver plate. They were filled with boiling water and left on the table. All serving spoons were placed in it until needed, enabling them to remain warm before scooping into some rich dish.' Wild, eh?
I was hoping it was full of little bones. But that's cool, I guess. Actually, just watched it for real, swear jars are the oppposite of cool. Silver stuff is cool tho
Oh my.how can people go through life using room temperature spoon's? I don't think I could bear it.and using common metal and not silver? The idea is to ghastly to comprehend! My word! Hahaha
Given that it has a Scottish Thistle on the top as the handle and her father bought it from the Scottish Regiment he was in, I'd have said it was commissioned.
I've lived my whole uncivilized life eating food that was served with room-temperature spoons. Always held me back.
I blame my parents for never warming my spoons 😢
God, how did you make it through?!
A fellow sufferer, I salute you
I say! The barbarity! I trust the children’s services had you relocated.
Peasant.
I didn’t know there was such a thing as a spoon warmer, for desserts perhaps.
But I love that swear boxes have existed for this long!!
That is a wonderful reminder of her father. It's beautiful.
I hate to think of what she sold. I hope she didn't get ripped off.
I guess it reminds her that her father swore like a parrot.
Man rich people are born with *warm* silver spoons in their mouth. Had no idea.
I wonder what those other trinkets were that she sold because it was too expensive to insure them?
I love that. A swear box! Great idea.
Spoon Warmers were filled with boiling water and left on the table. All serving spoons were placed in it until needed, enabling them to remain warm before scooping into some rich dish. Food served with a cold spoon may cool down too quickly for some tastes.
That couldn't possibly be accomplished by simply leaving the spoon in the serving dish or using wooden spoons... I'm SO glad I've never had to do all the ridiculous shit rich folks do, haha!
@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney im not rich at all but no, letting the spoon on the dish will make it a bit colder in some cases and depending on how hot it is you might wait too much and it will cool down, and well i have no argument against the wooden spoon, at least i dont like them much tho, they get too get and need some good cleaning if you dont want extra flavours aside from the wood flavour itself
@@christhopervargas2275 I'm talking about just putting the serving dish on the table with the serving spoon already sunk into whatever's in the dish. That's how we do it. Then again, you could literally use a chunk of dry ice for a spoon and I don't think it'd make much of a difference if you ate it as soon as it was served, haha!
This country formed a globe-spanning empire but was frightened of spoons cooling down their food?!?
The wealthy elite being detatched from reality as usual...
RALLY? IRISH SILVER? RALLY? LOVE THIS LADY SHE IS SO FABULOUS!
“Irish? Really? Oh how uncivilized! Heavens above peasant silver” lol
Love the beautiful milk thistle flower on the lid.
But .........anyway, I absolutely LOVE IT‼️Been watching Antiques Roadshow for over 30 years!! Attended once when they came to Charleston 2002(?)❤️
Please don't claim there's a 'big surprise in'...anything. unless there IS one!
Your telling me you weren't flabbergasted when you found out it was not a spoon warmer but a swear box?!?
I didn’t even know spoon warmers were a thing!😂
Imagine not being surprised that it was a swear box, I could honestly say I was flabbergasted as such a possibility 😂
@@DH-.😂
@@camnsprencheria3225me neither never heard of it until this video
Spoon warmer, that's what my uncle used to call his lighter. By god, do I miss him
😂😅😅
Underrated
Damm. Thats a real stichy comment
.
1:14 *Her flicker of disgust at discovering it's **_Irish_** silver is priceless **_("REALLY?_** I wouldn't **_KNOW!")._** Also, they should've cast her as Dolores Umbridge in "Harry Potter."* 😂
You wonder if this was a cheeky gift from an Irish regiment after spending time with a Scottish regiment and the amount of swearing that occured.
I tell you what that actually adds alot of character an id bet you are correct on that!
The Royal Scots Fusiliers were stationed in Ireland for a few years to enforce British rule. Not as romantic as your idea.
It was way too small for it's purpose. 😅😅😅
THAT’S IT, now I want one!!! Never knew they existed (I just love the British and their formalities). All this time I’ve just been using a mason jar on the counter. I’m immediately going to be searching the internet for one of my own - I hope I can land one just like it. Well done!!
You warm your spoons in this day and age?
Respectfully, I don't get it, unless you live in the far, far north with very little heating!
@@favouritemoon4133she wants a fancy swear box, not a spoon warmer. Did you watch the video? It’s not a spoon warmer.
It's Irish not British and was most likely stolen by the Brits like everything else when they invaded Ireland.
Do you have 5000 pounds handy?
I had to look it up:
Spoon warmers were popular in Victorian houses as a way of keeping serving spoons warm. In large Victorian houses kitchens were often well away from dining rooms to keep unpleasant cooking smells away, so spoon warmers were used to help keep food warm. @@favouritemoon4133
It's not a swear box but a silver savings bank... but it's sweet Daddy used it as a swear box and she can't see it any other way.
Happy memories of warm spoons from the warmer as a child. Being a younger born of the family I had to settle with an inheritance of a "plated" warmer. Works as well but I'll always have to settle with less-than sterling.
My commiserations. You must have been the Spare😢
It is very beautiful!!!! Love the thistle!
Well I'm surprised! I've never heard of a spoon warmer. I had to look it up. Briefly popular in the Victorian era. The nautilus shape was most common. There was also one American manufacturer. Having superfluous tableware was a status symbol.
Also, silver was an easily transportable form of wealth which could be turned into cash without many questions being asked, (unlike gold or jewellery).
Then there's knife rests...
I always wondered why I had a sterling silver asparagus server, such a specific tool I have always wanted to use but never made asparagus so never used it yet.
😮@@geigertec5921
@@garryferrington811 So you don't soil the linens and it doesn't get in the way being left on a plate.
It wouldn't take long for that to fill up in my house... :)
She’d get that £5000 back in one night if she took around to Gordon Ramsay’s house😊
Pretty much within the first hour @ work...
I filled it during the video telling myself how stupid the whole concept is.
@@bobsmith6544 L🤣L
My thoughts exactly.
Well, I thought it was a surprise because I believe the swear box was usually a separate item , mainly associated with men only dinners where the language deteriorated as the wine flowed. Why anyone would want to warm a spoon at the table also surprised me!
0:51 ‘…that would soon add up…’ cheeky feller!
Sovereigns are a very valuable coin, if you had to but more than 1 in, it would soon add up to a small fortune.
Beautiful piece❤
Those tiles are great!
Love it! Love it! That is just too funny. Back then, who would get the money? The lady of the house?
1:10 - Not me looking at that and thinking they were the company's socials 😂
Beautiful object
The biggest surprise to me was, they used to warm their spoons 😂
Did they have spoonwwarmers warmer for colder climates as well?
One doesn't want one serving hot food with a cool spoon. I've never heard anything so pretentious.
Proof that people are the same, no matter what era.
@vigouroso It's a 150 year old swear jar!
I'm from different class obviously. Never knew about possibility of warming spoons but was fully aware of need to collect and gather money. So for me the surprise was in opposite direction.
Very cool
Sadly;
If that we're a swear box, I'd need a MUCH BIGGER one than that!
I keep one in the car - It'll make me rich!
Thank you for this comment as I was wondering what a ‘square box’ was and now understand it is ‘swear box’! 🤔Now I’m wondering what words were used back then that they considered swearing…but that’s ok I don’t really need to know. 😆
To the Brits, it's a HUGE surprise that an article with a thistle on it turns out to be IRISH rather than Scottish and moreover, was originally made as a swearbox! I'm sure that had them gossiping for ages!
I like how these videos are concerned about the insurance coverage and not the auction value.
Thank you❤
We couldn't afford to warm the one spoon my family had.. finally had to sell it.
My spoon warmer was a WW2 flame thrower, which used to shock the guests when they came for a meal of pheasant and hard boiled eggs.
Well, 150 years ago, the whole home might have been cold as a well digger's posterior and metal objects in the home might not help enjoy a bowl of soup or cup of tea or coffee as much as a warm spoon. I warm up my coffee cup before I pour the hot coffee in it. Works for me.
I had to google spoon warmer. I just love the idea of these old military men sitting around their common room and somebody says something rude and they call the butler to bring the swear box and get a laugh out of their fellow guardsman putting his coin in. I wonder what the money went for when it was full.
Is there an epidemic of cold spoons in England?
Just have the spoon put on a sweater and make it a cup of tea. With energy prices up we can't afford to crank the heat.
It was made in Ireland and for a Scottish Regiment of the British Army. Where does England come into it?
They didnt have great heating in the Victorian age.
@@dw3403Ok well as long as the spoons were cozy, who cares if a few thousand street urchins don't make it to march am I right?
@@diggitus
Right! What would they have to do with them when the Victorian age was all about showing off their wealth?
Spoon warmer? My goodness, that is just such a posh and British concept. What sort of spoons do posh Britishers recon need warmed? (not being facetious; this is my first encounter with this class of tableware)
Off course being irish and where it ended up it gives room for thought
It was made in Ireland for a Scottish Regiment. It ended up with the daughter of one of the senior officers of that regiment. That's a pretty short trail to follow.
I don't think she was overjoyed it was Irish.
Ireland in the 1800's was part of Great Britain, so it's not really a stretch.
@@k.e.becquer4681 Well, it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, it wasn't part of Britain as such. I think the surprise was because geographically based regiments tend to have strong loyalty to that region and for table silverware for a Scottish regiment to be made elsewhere is almost unthinkable. Hence the surprise and doubt when the owner heard this news.
@@Crusty_Camper The Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion spent the inter-war period in Ireland. They had been garrisoned in Dublin for long periods throughout their history. They put down a rebellion in Dublin in 1803, garrisoned for two or three years 1820s, 1830s, 1840s 1880s, then 1918 - 1921
This old lady aggravates me
I’ve heard of brandy warmers, bread warmers, blanket and towel warmers, hand/foot warmers, engine warmers….but spoon warmers?
I have several spoonwarmers like this but they are plated silver.
Spoon warmers are not usually as massive as this one!
Although I see now they make sense at the time, I had never heard of a spoon warmer. It's lovely.
@@Luna.3.3.3 The Victorians were very good at inventing novelty items!
@@DavidHarperAntiques Absolutely! So many inventions were borne from the industrial revolution
Ah the utter disappointment moment of valuation...priceless!
Made in Ireland? That's not just a swear box. You would have to call that the "moneymaker"
Now I know that people had to have something special to warm their spoons.
The big surprise is there’s no surprise!
Yes.
Where is the 'big surprise' hidden inside?
And how does one get the coins out when the box gets full??🧐
It has a lock and key. He said a key could easily be found.
What was the big surprise hidden in this thing?
Holy crap is that a nautilus shell
Edit: I think I owe this thing like a few hundred quid
What is it for??????
But their servants never told them how they kept the spoons so consistently accurately well-temperatured.
What was in the spoon warmer??? And with the thistle on it, it looks more Scottish than Irish. Confusing , but I still love the show.
Just hot water, which got cool quickly, I would think, in a silver vessel. Unless they had a spoon-warmer cozy.
You obviously never had to almost wait while the staff got the spoons up to proper temperature.
@@DillWont , no spoon warmers in the US. LOL
So what was the big suprise indie? The key?
I think they used that "inner seal" as clickbait.
So the big surprise was the “swear box” is a “swear box”?
That could be on Willie Wonka.
“The swear box is a swear box.” 😂
Yes....surprise fell to the floor as would a lead balloon.
Never in my life have I even hear of a spoon warmer.
It's Mrs bucket 😂
It’s Bouquet!! 😂
@@stopyulin3226 BUCKET 🤣🤣
"Hmm" "Yes"
Disappointed that we never found out what the 'Big Surprise' was that was hidden inside ??
Why the hell would you need a spoon warmer?
Apparently they were used in some Victorian-era houses of a certain class/wealth to prevent cold spoons from infecting hot food with...the cold present in high-ceilinged draughty houses. I had never heard of them before.
My Nana made us kids warm our spoons before we added honey to our cup of tea.
To keep your spoons warm, obviously.
Sheesh, cavemen.
Mainly for cooling your knives and forks.
Spoon warmers, bedpan warmers, nightcaps, all may seem absurd nowadays, but don’t forget that we now have central heating which we take for granted.
I KNOW WE DIPD THE ICECREAM SCOOPER IN WARM WATER TO GET THE CREAM OUT EASILY OR MAKE MORE UNIFORMD BALLS ..LOL ..NEVER KNEW I NEEDED MY SPOONS WARMD...I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS...FIRST BEING...WHAT IS THE PERFECT WARMD SPOON TEMP ..WHY IS THE FOOD NOT WARM ENUFF. IM TODAY YEARS OLD🤭🥴🤔😁
That swear box is far too small for my local!
What is a spoon warmer??
I'd never heard of a spoon warmer either, so I googled and found this which I've extracted the main points from:
'Spoon warmers were created in the days before central heating when breakfast consisted of hot porridge and the dinners needed to remain warm. Ceilings were high and rooms drafty. Grasping a warm spoon must have seemed comforting. So little is known about spoon warmers today and not many people care, but it was an essential of its time. How could a proper house function if a warm dish suffered the affront of a cold stuffing spoon?
Most spoon warmers are made from silver plate. They were filled with boiling water and left on the table. All serving spoons were placed in it until needed, enabling them to remain warm before scooping into some rich dish.'
Wild, eh?
@@favouritemoon4133 So interesting! Thanks!
A swear box for when you realize all your spoons are cold.
Why do you need to warm a spoon?
Haha, I was hoping once he told her the value that she would let a few expletives fly in shock, and then dropped some coins in the box.
You should be a producer for the show, that would have been a great opportunity.
OMG IT’S IRISH SILVER!!!!!
It's less common, so more valuable.
That swear box is easily worth $6k/£5k. Nice!
...but it's empty, which surely devalues it.
That was valued 23 years ago - it will be much more now.
@@Crusty_Campernot necessarily.
@@andrewdaley5480 I would put money on it !
I was hoping it was full of little bones. But that's cool, I guess. Actually, just watched it for real, swear jars are the oppposite of cool. Silver stuff is cool tho
A spoon warmer? Did I hear this right?
Would be bloody stinking rich
What was the surprise? Did I blink and missed it?
The surprise is that it's not a spoon warmer..
She kinda looks and speaks like Mrs Bucket, not a bad thing really
I warm my spoons organically. In my mouth.
Oh my.how can people go through life using room temperature spoon's? I don't think I could bear it.and using common metal and not silver? The idea is to ghastly to comprehend! My word! Hahaha
Dont leave anything of value behind they are sold off enjoy it sell it while you are alive people this is a prime example
The only surprise here is the actual clickbait from an antique show.
GOING TO INDIAH!!!!!!
Of course if you lived somewhere where the police actually solved and prosecuted burglaries, you wouldn't have to insure it at all.
man: "i suggest you insure this swear box for 5000 pound"
Woman: drops a coin in the slot "f..."
I wonder what the most common swear words were back in those days...
That swear box is way, way too small.
We, poor people, are warming the spoon keeping it in our mouths. Or... in the armpit. We definitely don't use cold spoons!
Allen partridge's brother, ah ha....
I just love the real British people ( fast disappearing )
SPOILER: they don’t tell you the surprise 🙄
No surprise there then ?
Stolen by British soldiers occupancy of Ireland 😢
Any proof?
And they still couldn't be civilized.
Given that it has a Scottish Thistle on the top as the handle and her father bought it from the Scottish Regiment he was in, I'd have said it was commissioned.
Good god a cold spoon, how atrocious!
She's not from the estate then...
What the hell is a spoon warmer?
Exactly what it sounds like. You would not believe how niche these old silver tableware items get
Mrs bucket 😂
Interesting, but who sells their father's silver, just because you can't afford the insurance? I find that odd.
That's called tighter times and saving face.
Swear box?....that being so would not something like a little devil be a more appropriate knop than a thistle? 🤔 Unusual item nonetheless.
Presumably the thistle is an emblem of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
A thistle goes with her father being in the Scots Fusiliers, though.