Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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WesternPA
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Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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Hi,

This ladle, circa 1805-30, recently purchased on eBay, has me stumped - it came out of Pinehurst, N.C., but the monogram, midrib and overall feel seem more like inland PA to me. I've not seen a maker's mark quite like this anywhere, certainly not on American silver - and yet I am very confident this is American, though I can't rule out Canadian. Has anyone seen other pieces with this mark, or with a mark similar to this? Could this be an unknown William Haverstick mark, or someone else from inland PA? Any stray thoughts would be welcome!

Best,
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Re: Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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There seems to be an error in your image posting; I don't see a photo of the mark.
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Re: Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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Here is an image of the mark in question:

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Re: Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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Looks like is not reliable - at least some pictures get taken over by hackers!
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Re: Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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Trev,

Are you able to delete the first picture in my initial post, which was of the mark but which got taken over by hackers?

Thanks!
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Re: Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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Hi,

I could only see the the original 'WH' mark image, but just in case you, or others, can see something different, then I've replaced that image with the new one.

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Re: Coin Silver Soup Ladle w/Very Unusual Mark

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Thanks Trev - I should note that a spoon with this mark is in the Winterthur collection, available online. That spoon is a pointed-end, PA style spoon, but that doesn't definitively establish much. It does seem this mystery silversmith might have been around for a decade or more, though!
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