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I think this is most likely a Continental piece, and not American coin.

I have been away from this site for a while, and am sorry to have been. Gordon, your Cork pieces are really beautiful! I too collect Irish silver, but have yet to add anything from Cork to the collection-yet! Please keep the photos coming.

A photo would definitely be most helpful; however, Lincoln & Reed was a partnership of silver makers in Boston during the years 1838-1848 and worked in coin silver during that period, so the lack of a sterling mark may well indicate that the piece is coin silver.

You have made a good start by joining this forum! For hallmarks, the pocket edition of Jackson's Hallmarks is a good inexpensive starting point for English hallmarks; the larger edition is a good investment, and for London hallmarks, the out of publication Grimwade's London Goldsmiths is pricey but ...

The Sisters of Loreto operated (and continue to operate) a number of schools and convents in Ireland, including a number in and around Dublin, so I do not think that the engraving is of much assistance in narrowing down the attribution.

Thank you so much!

The maker was Hallmark Silversmiths, Inc. of New York City, in business during the first half of the 20th century.

This is a sugar basket, but also can be used for things like cranberry relish. It would have had a glass liner, usually cobalt or cranberry in color.

It would be helpful to see a photo of the entire piece.

The mark is that of James Vancourt of New York City. This mark has an interesting history. In 1848, Vancourt was in partnership with Albert Coles' nephew, William L. Coles, at which time the mark read C over V in the middle diamond. If you look closely at the mark on your piece, you can still see th...

I can't answer this definitively without photos, but I believe the medal is sterling and made in Birmingham, England in 1914 by Vaughton & Sons.

At dognose's prompting, I am posting a question regarding an Irish retailer's mark; the attached photo is from a sterling stuffing spoon from 1834 by Richard Garde that I recently acquired (my first piece of Cork silver!), and it has the retailer's mark R.CAVE. I have seen one other piece online fro...

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The pattern name is John Alden, originally introduced by Watson in 1911.

This is a "faux hallmark" on an American coin silver spoon. The mark is a lion/star/D, and is tentatively attributed to Nelson Haight, a silversmith from Newburgh, NY working from 1839-1859

Assuming that this is the piece for which you have identified the maker, the remaining letters are EPNS, standing for electroplated nickel silver, which indicates that the piece is silverplated over nickel silver.

The EPNS means "Electroplate Nickel Silver", which means that it is silverplated over nickel. I think that the number may be a patent application number, with the PP meaning patent pending-not positive about that though, as I have never seen a patent application number on a piece of silver.

This pattern is known as Assyrian, dated from 1887.

There is also a good reference book. Spoons, by Gail Belden and Michael Snodin; it covers American, English and Continental. I have found it very helpful.

You have a very nice American coin fish slice by Wood & Hughes, a well known New York City maker and retailer from the 1840's to the late 1890's. This fish slice would have been part of a set that included a fork, and it is possible that the fork was marked; I had a similar fish set by Wood &...

I do not know the maker, but the spoon is a mustard or condiment spoon. It would be placed in a mustard or jam pot, hence the long handle. in comparison with the bowl.