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American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:06 am
by sebastian4743
I have a silver spoon in my collection. The silver marks tell me it was made in the USA but I am not sure. I have checked on here:
http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver__Icon.html but no luck. Can someone please identify the maker of it?
Re: American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:15 am
by dognose
Re: American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:48 am
by sebastian4743
Hi Trev,
Yes, that has to be it, thank you. Although I cannot figure out the date symbol? It looks to me as a disformed crown or fire flames. Can there be more date symbols not mentioned on the website?
Re: American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:12 am
by dognose
I think you are looking at the 'G' for Gorham. There were no date letters applied to flatware, only holloware.
Trev.
Re: American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:22 am
by sebastian4743
Yes, I though the third symbol is a date mark (symbol) as it just did not resemble the 'G' letter to me. Can one say how old this spoon might be? Last quarter of he XIX century maybe?
Re: American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:31 am
by dognose
Yes, that appears to be the likely period of time for that particular style of mark.
Trev.
Re: American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:04 am
by sebastian4743
Thank you Trev for your time and knowledge!
Re: American sterling? Who is the maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:38 pm
by dragonflywink
A picture of the entire spoon might narrow down the earliest dating...
~Cheryl