Butter Serving Spoon

This is an extremely rare serving spoon for butter made by KPM in the Kurland pattern. Since these aren't marked it is a little hard to figure out the exact age but I compared it to my 18th century Kurland piece and it has the same bug and very similar flower on it so I am pretty sure it is an 18th century original but it could be newer since it has no gold wear at all though I doubt it was used very often. Not sure if they even still make this particular piece as it is really rare to begin with. In German it is called a Butterstecher - not sure of the proper English name but it is for serving butter - it would curl it as you drag it over the surface and give it a pattern as well. The spoon has a nicely shaped handle with some gilding and turquoise highlights typical for this pattern as well as a butterfly to the front and a nice flower to the back. The spoon part of the spoon has a ribbed design to the front and the back with the front having anice floral arrangement hand painted on it and the back has nice large bug on it. The piece is not marked which is normal with this type of item. It is in good condition but does have a chip to the front right corner as shown. It idsplays very well as is and is not really obvious at all when on display. Plus the rarity makes up for the little issue! The spoon is 6.5 inches long with the bowl part being 1.75 inches long, 1.5 inches wide and 0.875 inches deep. Please email me for more information or other pictures.