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There is definitely a B&L mark on that linked page, kerrsy, but it won't be the one in the original post for which we sadly no longer have the image. This topic would not have been moved to this section of the forum if it had had a Birmingham hallmark.
Bear in mind this is Not expert testimony. It seems to come down to the question of how old this spoon can be at the earliest dating...we'll need that answer to go further. However, if it can be pre-1776 (??), then American Colonial becomes a question of whether such a spoon could be overlooked. With that in mind, here is a biographical entry wherein silversmith Paul Little of Portland Maine is mentioned as the father-in-law (his youngest daughter) of the subject. Now, C. Jordan Thorn displayed mark for Paul Little dating 1760. But Paul Little may also be the less than identified partner in Butler & Little of Portland Me. c1759 (for which Thorn had no mark). Thorn also named John Butler of Portland Me. c1765 (further giving no marks). If B&L marks do remain unidentified all these years later (??), then perhaps a candidate if the spoon could have been fashioned then? That's the only clear possible I could find in this old reference book, and I'm not sure that this is the same Paul Little (could there be a father and son?). [There's a number of Butlers from Maine to Philly over a century and maybe WEV has done some sorting out already.]
Butler & Little were both trained GS & SS from Massachusetts moving to Falmouth c1760 after hostilities had ceased in that region. Some tracking of places & dates accompanied by known apprentices: https://mainestatemuseum.org/wp-content ... ewelry.pdf