What is the purpose of this Cooper Bros & Son Set?

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Cynnamon
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What is the purpose of this Cooper Bros & Son Set?

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Greetings
I have this 2-pc spoon and knife set by Cooper Bros & Sons in sterling silver. It looks like a mini ice cream set but how is that possible? Knife is 6-1/2" long, spoon 5-1/2" long.
Thank you for your help, Cynthia


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Re: What is the purpose of this Cooper Bros & Son Set?

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A butter knife and preserve spoon to my way of thinking. Interesting that it has an Irish retailer's label and a Dublin import mark so that means that the decoration is probably a shamrock leaf.

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Re: What is the purpose of this Cooper Bros & Son Set?

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Hi Cynthia,

Would you be so kind as to post a close-up of the William Egan & Sons sale sticker.

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Re: What is the purpose of this Cooper Bros & Son Set?

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Hi: I agree, I also found similar sets referred to as a sugar and butter knife.

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Re: What is the purpose of this Cooper Bros & Son Set?

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Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for that.

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