Indian Oil Spoon with Spear Top

A long-handled little dish with a pointed end and a twisted waist.

This brass oil spoon with a spear top is from Karnataka, South India, and dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and it is often used for utensils because it is durable and takes a warm polish. Small round bowl set at one end of a slender handle. The handle is twisted near the bowl, then smooths out and tapers to a pointed finial. The metal is a golden brown, softly rubbed, with darker hollows. It is 1 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 5.25 high.

Everything needed for a dip and nothing more.