Medicine spoon. The bowl of the spoon is in the shape of a teardrop with a flat cover and a hinged, semicircular lid and the narrower end and a small, triangular opening at distal tip; the handle is a hollow, flanged tube. Inventor Charles Gibson patented the design for this spoon in 1827. The spoon would have been used to administer unpleasant ...
Contributor:
Gibson, Charles (Goldsmith)
Created:
1835 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Medicine spoon. The bowl of the spoon is in the shape of a teardrop with a flat cover and a hinged, semicircular lid at the narrower end and a small, triangular opening at distal tip; the handle is a hollow, flanged tube. Includes manufacturer markings: "C. Gibson --Inventor -- 71 Bishopsgate St. -- Within." Inventor Charles Gibson patented the ...
Contributor:
Gibson, Charles (Goldsmith)
Created:
1835 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
