Spoon

[Colt]

This spoon was found with the forks in my previous post.

No maker's mark, only a scratched "I H"

15 cm in length

Very delicate and light




Many thanks in advance.

Karl

[dognose]

Hi Karl,

Welcome to the Forum.

This would be an American Coin Silver spoon. Without any marks it would impossible to attribute it to any particular maker.

Trev.

[Argentum2]

If not mistaken, this may be an example of a coffin spoon. They were usually given to pall bearers. The practice died out in England by the beginning of the 18th. century but continued in the North American colonies well into the late 19th. century. On style, this would appear to be early 19th. century.

[Argentum2]

Here is an article from the Collector's Weekly which would suggest that the rounded ends would date the spoon to post 1820 in examples made in Vermont which produced practically nothing other than flat ware

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/article ... at-a-time/

[silverly]

I'd call it a fiddle pattern Spoon.

[silverly]

And it looks like it was engraved and the engraving is well worn.