Do you mean like the ones made from horseshoe nails? While I have seen a bunch of folks claim they go back I have not seen any evidence of them historically. (and historical Medieval and Renaissance cooking equipment is rather a hobby of mine)
Horn spoons are a much more likely choice for such things than iron as horn is non-reactive and was commonly used in earlier times. More primative ones would be carved wood. More upscale would be pewter then on into silver, gold, precious stones, etc.
Spices were usually used in substantial ammounts not little bits added with a little spoon.
Now there were salt cellers with quite ornate spoons used on the tables of the higher up.
Lower examples would generally be accessed with the point of your eating knife and don't forget the cooks "pinch of salt" showing how they would use it.
For a more through take on this may I suggest you post it to armourarchive.org historical research forum.
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