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Hi,

I just wondered if anyone had come across such a late example of coffin ended spoons such as these?





Made by Joseph Moulton c.1850





Trev.

No question - those are clearly unusual examples.....

~Cheryl

Very nice set of spoons Trev. I wonder if they were made for the Coffin family in Newburyport, Massachusettes. They family had a very large house on High Street and were a family of shipping merchants.

The engraving looks contempory with the manufacturing period (C. 1800 by Joseph III) of those lovely fiddle handle spoons. To have a set of 8 matching ones is a very lucky find.

Hi both,

Thanks for your responses on this special and amusing day of the year.

Regards Trev.

Nice one, Trev.

Ok, you got the sick old man, with a very bad pun... I could not understand why you would not know pattern names, but I figured on your side of the pond things do have vastly differing names. They are still an impressive set, are they yours? or do the belong to a mesuem?

Hi,

My apologies for mischief making!

My post was entered in a bit of a hurry, I had not realised that 'All Fools Day' was upon us so soon, and I scratched around to find something to make a joke out of, and remembered those spoons. Last year 'Hose DK' made a far better job of a 1st April spoof.

Yes, the spoons are mine, but I had no idea that they may have been a former possession of such a prominent Newburyport family, many thanks for the information, it sounds like they are worthy of more investigation.

Regards to all, Trev.

I will check the books I have on Newburyport for background. I also have a client who is a descendant and will ask him for information. A family like the Coffins would have bought their silver locally, especially with the Moulton's being just down the hill (literially) from their house.

Towel (for whom I worked) was founded by a Moulton and a Towel (who I believe was an apprentence of J. Moulton.)

Thanks Jim, I'd appreciate that.

Regards Trev.