a silver spoon with a figure of one of the Apostles on the handle
Apostle spoon in American English
noun
a spoon having at the end of the handle the figure of one of the 12 apostles, formerlygiven as a christening present
Word origin
[1605–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: displacement, ferrule, gothic, inverse, series