Pair of silver baby spoons engraved with Good Luck symbols. The centre of each spoon’s bowl is engraved with the ‘Four-fold Happiness’ or ‘Four Happy Boys’ theme. Two boys are placed in such a way that each one alternately lies on his back or on his belly depending in which direction the depiction is turned. They are joined in a clever way to give the illusion that there are four boys. Each boy holds a Ruyi scepter. Ruyi means ’Everything you wish for will come your way’. The ‘Four-fold Happiness’ theme is frequently depicted on objects given to newlyweds with the wish that they will have many children. The Boys are surrounded by Shou characters (Longevity) and the attributes belonging to the ‘Eight Immortals’ (See QF 8735). The end of the stem is formed by an embossed Bat (Blessings & Riches). The baby spoons are marked ‘Chun Yin’ (纯银) which means ‘Pure silver’ and date from the early Republic period (1912 – 1947). Length 13.1 cm. Diameter bowl 3.2 cm.