A 19th century pewter medicine spoon, circa 1830, made by James Dixon & Son, Birmingham and invented

A 19th century pewter medicine spoon, circa 1830, made by James Dixon & Son, Birmingham and invented by Charles Gibson in 1827, the lidded bowl of elongated and tapering oval form, with end aperture and hollow circular handle with oval blade, length 14cm; together with a French ‘Canard’, an invalid feeder, in the form of a small lidded ‘teapot’ with long slender spout, stamped ‘J. Roussel’, Paris, to the underside, length 21.5cm,; and a cylindrical pewter vessel, the screw-lid with ornate handle and stamped with the initials ‘JDS’, height 13cm, (3)