The cutlery here is like looking into our own silverware cabinet.  From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1907.

"Where is the spoon?"  From Every Where magazine, 1905.

Here's a precursor to Brian de Palma films.  You'll be forgiven for identifing all Brian de Palma films in this one image.  From Le Journal Amusant, 1922.

One of our favorite early theories concerning the North Pole is the guardian bear/cat of the great spoon.  From Jugend, 1924.

Here's a dinner table game involving a sharp knife, with points awarded for breaking dishes and soiling the table cloth.  From The Judge, 1921.

Be careful whom you call a messerschlucker.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1926.

"Eats with his knife when dining privately."  From The Judge, 1918.

"Getting ready for Hallowe'en."  From Live Language Lessons, First Book by Howard Driggs, 1920.

Just as the goddess Diana showed that the hunter and the stag are one, this vintage window display shows that the pumpkin and the knife are one in the jack-o'-lantern.  From One Hundred Easy Window Trims, 1913.

From Pearson's. 1903.

From Wiener Revue, 1946.

"Of course you try to carry it off lightly, and bandy merry quips, but your heart isn't in it."  From The Saturday Evening Post, 1920.