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I think it kind of looks like some kind of animal head or a chess knight? Maybe not? Any clues?

THE WALDO FOUNDRY - Bridgeport, CT
Active in the 1910s

Thank you Kozy. I looked forever on that one and you found it in less than a day. I wonder why this site doesn't have that one on file?

Have always felt uncomfortable with the Waldo attribution (also often run across the similarly marked H.H. Curtis pieces IDed as Waldo), Rainwater notes Waldo Foundry as a maker of aluminum-gold flatware. Can't really recall seeing this mark on anything other than this beaded floral pattern, which I've run across on serving pieces, dresser and desk items, etc. - have wondered if it might be a W.H. Glenny & Sons mark for small pieces.

~Cheryl

Lord925,
Can you possibly post a larger image of the mark? All of the firms mentioned use either a unicorn or dragon with a down turned beak and, to my eye, your mark doesn't really resemble any of them. An enlargement may help with a positive ID.

Regards, Tom

Could this help identify the Waldo name? Maker appears to be conjoined HE. Number 1 preceeds Waldo in arch. Patent date seems to be Apr. 94 (?) for 1894.

Your spoon has no connection to the piece in the original post (pics unfortunately gone now) - it is Holmes & Edwards' 'Rialto' pattern (1894 patent #D23163), produced in 'aluminum-gold', an alloy of aluminum and copper, provided by Waldo Foundry, and bearing their 'griffin' trademark rather than what you describe as the numeral '1', along with Holmes & Edwards' 'HE'. If I recall correctly, Waldo went out of business in the early 1900s...

~Cheryl

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