The way man eats is considered one of the signs of his civilization. And since very earliest times man has created various utensils to make his eating habits more civilized.

Some kind of spoon-like implement, for example, probably existed back in the Stone Age. We know that thousands of years ago spoons of wood, stone, and ivory were used by the Egyptians. The Greeks and Romans used spoons of bronze and silver, and some of them were the products of master craftsmen and very beautiful. During the Middle Ages spoons were made of bone, wood, and tin, while the wealthy had elaborate spoons of beaten silver.