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Ever since tinypic went down, I have been having problems with images ::: Could someone assist? :::::

I have 2 coffee spoons that seem to be USA Colonial circa 1780, yet the hallmarks are so mysterious as to possibly point in another direction, the initials are S*P in the monogram cartouche of a bright-cut old English pattern, looks like a slightly crude copy of an English coffee spoon with the brig...

Do the characters of the hallmark appear to be Japanese? :: There were tiny carvings called "netsuke" and although relatively few were made of silver, still the high quality of the work here does suggest a Japanese maker or possibly Chinese export maker ::: A Far East forum member might be...

The handles remind me of the hollow-handled bread forks of the time, perhaps a nutcracker will show up in an old catalogue (or CD-ROM) ::

I am trying to read the word after HG it might be a last name or.....?

Deceased 13 August 1797 is another more precise documentation, so this spoon form occurs much earlier than I would have thought.....

In “Maryland silversmiths 1715-1830” the authors Pleasant & Sill have him listed as “Jonathan Davenport” and they state that nothing certain is known as to Davenport’s silver or his mark. It shows an I pellet D hallmark that is similar but the attribution is tentative.

Apparently the John Davenport which Louise Conway Belden attributes this hallmark to worked in Baltimore and Philadelphia 1789-1796 and listed deceased 1801 so hopefully this clears up the confusion

John Davenport is what I just found in a reference book with a hallmark extremely similar to this spoon and the dates of his working life seem more consistent with an early 19th century form

I am guessing this is the son of John David also named John David who worked at his fathers shop until 1811 although I don’t have a precise match for the hallmark

What is that addendum about John David working in his father’s shop in philladelphia until 1811? That seems to be more likely based on the form. Is that the original John David or did John David have a son?

I just have not seen this form of spoon so early :: if it is 1790 then I would not expect to see such a flared handle and the two tiny points behind the bowl. ::: Maybe the silversmith was ahead of his time? I have read of a couple of unidentified I D hallmarks, but perhaps it is the Philadelphia 17...

Is this the Jonathan Danforth who died December 1820 and lived in Middletown Connecticut?

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These might be Kutch Indian Silver from India. This region was known for imitating English styles. The finial and the handles seem imitative of certain English teapot makers such as Charles Fox. Check out a few articles on Kutch silver and see what you think, its a good place to start anyway.....

I just wanted to comment that the level of precision of the piercings is really spectacular, especially in the center of the bowl, thank you for posting :::

Tiny Chain Hallmark: The letter delta underneath the neck of the woman's head with the number "84" above did remind me of the Russian Import Mark of 1908-1917, but I know enough to know that I am out of my league here, there was a purse submitted by another member here which did have a &qu...

I've found the coffee-bean-handle spoon with authentic Brazilian hallmarks and my coffee-bean-handle spoons were brought to the USA by a family who lived in Brazil for many years before emigrating to the USA ::: I think the examples of Brazilian hallmarks were from a hand-drawn page in Tardy's World...

The reason I didn't think it was a bigorne is because it seems to lack the extremely fine details I have noticed on other bigorne hallmarks :::: However, seeing as how these are the smallest bigorne hallmarks I have ever seen, perhaps there just wasn't room enough to provide the fine details (for in...

I see the fine detail now, I should have magnified, of course it is bigorne and the box is in very good condition as well :