Marrow spoon, 1764-1766, Hester Bateman, British, 1708 - 1794, 9 1/8 × 7/8 × 11/16 in. (23.18 × 2.22 × 1.75 cm), Silver, United States, 18th century, Marrow spoons were commonly used by European diners in the eighteenth century for the easy removal of marrow from the bone. They were often made of silver, with a long, thin bowl. Many, such as the present, were double-ended. Hester Batemanthe maker of the larger spoonwas the most prolific female silversmith of her age. During her thirty- year career after she took over her late husband’s workshop in 1760, her silver would have been found in nearly every middle-class household in London.