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Hello forum,

This nice little caddy spoon was made in Moscow in 1894. The maker, ͶͶЯ, is listed in the hallmark's database, but as 'unidentified'. I wonder whether anyone is now able to identify him?

Many thanks,

Silverk.

Unfortunately the maker is still unidentified in my records too, but? Anyway, I believe that the spoon is modified to an English caddy spoon. It has wrong proportions...

Hi Qrt.S,

Thanks very much for your quick response. It's a shame that you don't have any further information.

I doubt, however, that it has been modified.

Best,

Silverk.

@SilverK
Would you mind telling the spoon's measures? In my eyes it looks like that a tea spoon's stem is soldered to an ordinary spoon's bowl,but...? Did the Russians use caddy spoons?

Hi Qrt.S,

It measures 10cm in length. The bowl is 4.5cm long and 3cm wide at its widest point. Looking at the join between stem and bowl, the join is engraved with a zig-zag pattern and also some of the pattern from the bowl itself runs at near 90 degrees across the join. I am very comfortable, therefore, that this is not a later marriage. Looking on Google images there are plenty of tea caddy spoons, one or two which are of similar dimensions/design to this.

Regards,

Silverk.

@SilverK
Of course there are plenty of caddy spoons. My point, however, is that are they Russian made? Anyhow, so be it, if you say so.