W & H Coin Silver Spoon
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:07 pm
This spoon seems interesting in two ways. First, I can't tell from the makers marks if this is a Woods & Hughes mark.
Then to make it really interesting, I found this spoon close to Washington DC with the engraved initials TL. In looking for these initials, I found that Alexander Hamilton used those initials. History tells us Hamilton died in a duel with Arron Burr in 1804. Did his family keep using his initials? Did he have them made that early?
Hope someone can help. This is a great site!
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Then to make it really interesting, I found this spoon close to Washington DC with the engraved initials TL. In looking for these initials, I found that Alexander Hamilton used those initials. History tells us Hamilton died in a duel with Arron Burr in 1804. Did his family keep using his initials? Did he have them made that early?
Hope someone can help. This is a great site!
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