Every era sets new standards. In fashion, tableware or the development of new techniques. However, it is particularly fascinating to analyse stylistic features in common everyday objects. This spoon is a wonderful example. As we can see from its fragile pearl handle, it is part of the elegant Pearl service that Dominikus Auliczek designed for Prince Elector Carl Theodor of Bavaria. The dodecagon on which the service is formally based is evident here in the spoon’s unusual shape.