Reed & Barton Mustache Spoon
This design is from 1870 but this particular spoon is a silver plate Florence pattern reproduction from the 1970s. Originally it came in a presentation box with cloth case and description. I have only the cloth case but the document originally read as follows:
The "Master" Mustache Spoon banishes SASM forever" - (SASM: Sloshed and Sopped Mustache)
"Leave us face it. the well-groomed mustache is no longer a tonsorial fad dredging up Barbershop Quartet images. for it is the now look, at once stylish and civilized, the mood one of conservative chic. but the mustache is still without its little problems.
Like soups. And chowders. Oyster stews and lobster bisque. The Mustache Spoilers. Now, however, with your elegant new Reed & Barton Mustache Spoon, you can bid farewell to mealtime trauma induced by ornery hot liquids that bedevil the lordly mustache. Just as your forefathers did. For your Mustache Spoon is an authentic reproduction of a famous 19th century Reed & Barton original, designed circa 1870, for the distinguished men of old. Just as in days of yore, the ingeniously pierced gleaming 'guard' on the spoon
protects you from that dreaded gastronomic gaffe, SASM - sloshed and sopped mustache.
Today, fine gentlemen everywhere are applauding the revival of the time-honored Mustache Spoon, which unlike ordinary eating implements, may be carried by the fastidious owner to haut cuisine the world over, snugly alert in its dashing red flannel 'security blanket.' Ready to be whipped out for the soup de jour, in the spirit of a breed of men set apart. Your hostess will smilingly approve, while the other guests will mark you as a man of clout, someone to be reckoned with.
So treasure your Mustache Spoon. It will return your loving attention a thousandfold, serving you well throughout the years, keeping you dry, wide and handsome at any groaning board, at home or abroad, 'til death or mustache do you part."
Reed & Barton Mustache Spoon
This design is from 1870 but this particular spoon is a silver plate Florence pattern reproduction from the 1970s. Originally it came in a presentation box with cloth case and description. I have only the cloth case but the document originally read as follows:
The "Master" Mustache Spoon banishes SASM forever" - (SASM: Sloshed and Sopped Mustache)
"Leave us face it. the well-groomed mustache is no longer a tonsorial fad dredging up Barbershop Quartet images. for it is the now look, at once stylish and civilized, the mood one of conservative chic. but the mustache is still without its little problems.
Like soups. And chowders. Oyster stews and lobster bisque. The Mustache Spoilers. Now, however, with your elegant new Reed & Barton Mustache Spoon, you can bid farewell to mealtime trauma induced by ornery hot liquids that bedevil the lordly mustache. Just as your forefathers did. For your Mustache Spoon is an authentic reproduction of a famous 19th century Reed & Barton original, designed circa 1870, for the distinguished men of old. Just as in days of yore, the ingeniously pierced gleaming 'guard' on the spoon
protects you from that dreaded gastronomic gaffe, SASM - sloshed and sopped mustache.
Today, fine gentlemen everywhere are applauding the revival of the time-honored Mustache Spoon, which unlike ordinary eating implements, may be carried by the fastidious owner to haut cuisine the world over, snugly alert in its dashing red flannel 'security blanket.' Ready to be whipped out for the soup de jour, in the spirit of a breed of men set apart. Your hostess will smilingly approve, while the other guests will mark you as a man of clout, someone to be reckoned with.
So treasure your Mustache Spoon. It will return your loving attention a thousandfold, serving you well throughout the years, keeping you dry, wide and handsome at any groaning board, at home or abroad, 'til death or mustache do you part."