The Runcible Spoon and the Pizzafork

Posted on September 20, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

If you thought the runcible spoon (below left: a Victorian example by the renowned manufacturer Elkington & Co. Birmingham, ca 1880; right: George III Silver Runcible Spoon/Fork, John Hutson, London, 1800) was a strange object…

Runcible Spoon, ca 1880   Runcible Spoon/Fork, 1800

Take a look at this modern gadget, the Pizzafork:

Pizzafork, 2005

(Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, 19 September 2005.)

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