Large Ornate Sterling Serving Spoon

susieqtoo37 · Post by **susieqtoo37** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:48 pm

I bought this item from an estate sale. I have no idea of the age. Can anyone identify the hallmark?

Thanks
Sue

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woo0 · Post by **woo0** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:44 pm

can you post a picture showing the mark directly in front of it or could you state what the mark looks like thanks

Post by **dragonflywink** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:48 pm

That's an old William B. Durgin mark, your piece is one of the variations of their multi-motif Bouquet pattern, introduced in 1875. Lovely example of Durgin quality. What size is it? You say it's large - probably a berry spoon.

Rainwater shows this mark with the comment that it's from Silver magazine, Jan-Feb. '93, page 31. Does anyone by chance have this issue? Curious if it says anything about the dating. It doesn't seem to show up very often, and I've only seen it on older patterns or non-line patterns.

Cheryl ;o)