XEE4140445 Light refraction: total reflection observed with a silver spoon in a glass of water. Looking from below the surface of the water, we see the image of the spoon as in a mirror. Anonymous illustration from 1925. Private collection. by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: Light refraction: total reflection observed with a silver spoon in a glass of water. Looking from below the surface of the water, we see the image of the spoon as in a mirror. Anonymous illustration from 1925. Private collection.); Stefano Bianchetti.