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Wow, that's interesting, many, many thanks for your reply, Eckhard

The spoon is 29 cm long and weighs 104 gms, the bowl is egg shaped and 9 cm long, the maker's mark presumably is P.V ( the dot is in fact a star) with a crown above the P.V, and below this mark, there is one in an odd shape of a grid. Anyone around to advise? Would greatly appreciate it Eckhard http...

Dear Trev (Trevor?) Many many thanks for your reply. i didn't expect anything, and also not so quickly. Here in Johannesburg, South Africa, a reputable auction house, Stephan Welz ( previously Sothebys ), advised me that the marks were insufficient. I initially thought thought of the ladle as Cape s...

The ladle weighs 204 grams. The length from tip of handle to front of bowl is 30,5 cm. The measurements of the bowl are 10,75 cm by 8 cm. The handle is slightly lopsided and seems to be the work perhaps of a rural or small town silversmith. http://www.925-1000.com/td/f/Scotland/WS-H-B-Simpson-Banff-...

The ladle weighs 204 grams.The length from tip of handle to front of bowl is 30,5 cm. The measurements of the bowl are 10,75 cm by 8 cm. ]The handle is slightly lopsided and seems to be the work perhaps of a rural or small town silversmith. http://www.925-1000.com/td/f/Scotland/WS-H-B-Simpson-Banff-...