Medicine Spoons

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CALHOUN PATENT MEDICINE SPOON



Geo. R. Calhoun & Company - Nashville, Tenn. - 1906

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J. & S. MAW

Pewter example marked: 'MAW / ALDERSGATE St.'



By the 1830's "improved medical spoons" were listed in three sizes in Maw's catalogue; they were priced at 1/4, 1/8 and 2/3 respectively. The method by which the spoon was to be used is clearly demonstrated in illustration 5. The cut is reproduced from the " Catalogue of Surgical Instruments " issued by I. & S. Maw. London, in 1832". One of these early pewter spoons marked J. & S. Maw (not illustrated) is in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum;
it is 6-3 in. in length.



Solomon Maw used the same illustration in his 1839 catalogue' published at his " manufactory at No. 11 Aldersgate Street." The firm was restyled J. & S. Maw when the founder George Maw retired in 1828 and left the business to be carried on by his sons, J. H. Maw and Solomon Maw. Maw's business was removed to Aldersgate Street in 1834, J. H. Maw retiring shortly afterwards. George Maw was described as a " pewterer," the style of surgical instrument makers of that time, when pewter was universally employed for syringes, bleeding bowls, etc. The spoons marked " Maw Aldersgate St." must therefore be of later date than the "J. & S. Maw" spoons. Pewter or Britannia metal medical spoons appear again in the 1869 and 1882 lists—the latter issued by S. Maw, Son & Thompson, the designation of the firm between 1870 and 1901. The fluid capacity of these spoons varies from ½ oz. to 1 oz.

Source: The Chemist and Druggist - 9th September 1959

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THE 'KEM' INFANT FEEDING SPOON



Kem - Binghamton, N.Y. - 1951


The 'Kem' Infant feeding spoon was patented (U.S. Design Patent #160406) by Joe McCarthy of Binghamton, New York, on the 10th October 1950.

The Patent was acquired by the Stieff Company of Baltimore in 1955.

The trade name 'KEM' is the initials of Joe McCarthy's daughter, Kathleen E. McCarthy, who was the inspiration for the design.

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