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Two serving spoons by Demilt

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:05 pm
by Granmaa
Here are two serving spoons with the name Demilt on them. There is no pattern exactly like this in England, but if there were it would probably be called shell pattern.
Could somebody please tell me the date of these spoons, the name of the pattern and anything about the maker.

Thanks,
Miles

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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:10 am
by wev
Samuel, Benjamin or Andrew Demilt, working in New York City c 1800-1820; they all used virtually identical marks and no one has worked out just who made what. There is no definative name for the pattern.
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:18 am
by Granmaa
Thankyou Wev; I made a mistake in the first message: there is a pattern like this in England, it's called fiddle and shell.

Miles
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:26 pm
by admin
Not definitive, but here in the US, they are commonly called "fiddle & shell" as well.
Regards, Tom
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