Date on small Reed and Barton Spoon

[calisto818]

Hi -
I have a small Reed and Barton spoon,, based upon the hallmarks that I found on this web page. There is also a date on the back of the spoon, but there is nothing on the web page to indicate that pieces would have a date. Therefore, I wanted to ask if the date on the spoons is valid.

Thanks for any information that you can provide.

Cheers,
Carla
PA

P.S. I am sorry that the spoon is cut off - I have reduced its size by half but it does not make a difference when it opens here.

[silverly]

Welcome to the forum. It appears that your spoon is in the 1895 La Marquise pattern. It seems reasonable that the date might apply to a patent filing. I do not know how long the La Marquise pattern was produced, so I can't help with narrowing down a date for when your spoon was made, but may someone else can.

[calisto818]

Thanks for the information, silverly. I'll try to find someone else who has an item of this pattern to see if it has the same date stamp.