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::::::::::::: Thank You interesting wriggle-work around the drop. :::::::::::::::::::

:::::: If you still have your example, could you post a picture of the drop where the handle meets the bowl on the underneath side? :::::::

::::: Is there an [SA] mark known by Samuel Alexander or is it always {S (pellet) ALEXANDER] no matter how small the spoon is? ::::::::::
:::::: Seems like a rather long hallmark but maybe that is the only hallmark he used ::::::::

Samuel Alexander is listed in James Biser Whisker's book Pennsylvania Silversmiths, Goldsmiths and Pewterers, 1684-1900 as a silversmith and sword maker. 1797-1801 are listed as the dates he was at 33 S. Second St. in Philadelphia, but birth and death dates are not listed. From the Federal Gazette: ...

::::::: Looking at the works of Samuel Alexander, he did make a Cann in the older style, so could he have made a teaspoon in the older style as well? :::::::: The "S" on the hallmark on the Cann does look similar to the "S" in the "SA" on colonial teaspoon. :::::::::;

::::: Are there 2 additional hallmarks to the right of the palm hallmark? :::::

:::::: Malta 1801-1809? :::::::

::::: Hallmarks from Germany sometimes are seen with the STERLING designation. :::::

:::::: I am thinking Otto Wolter but the mark is similar to Otto Hintze it's hard for me to tell ::::::

:::::: No luck so far, there was a manufacturer in the thimble trade with these initials, but he seems not to have been a silversmith. :::::

::::::::::::::: Do you happen to have pictures of the drop, the place where the handle meets the bowl on the underneath? :::::::::::::::::

:::: Barton Stillman of Rhode Island who died 1837 looks like a good possibility. :::::: ::::: The Canfield & Bro marked "COIN" is definitely solid silver (90% silver). But I just want to make absolutely sure that the other spoon is solid silver (90% silver). I've had some difficulty i...

::::: We were just discussing the Kingdom Of Naples and this might be a very early mark from Naples (circa 1300-1690) because the earliest marks seem to only have NAPL or NAP (without a crown over the NAP or a year designation under the NAP) ::::: :::::::::: Naples had a silver Guild' that was was f...

:::: Would be interesting to see Master Marks with date beneath (from the book), I keep wondering if the "(ID 1700)" hallmark is actually over-stamped on top of another hallmark, but it could be that I am not seeing the Master Mark correctly, perhaps there is no over-stamping at all. ::::::

I'M SORRY I POSTED BERGEN TWICE (here is the mid-18th century Naestved Denmark hallmark):

:::::: Maybe the hallmarks on the beaker are actually a "CROWN OVER CONJOINED NE" which would make it from Naestved, Denmark? ::::::: ::::::: I thought that might be a possibility when I was looking at all these crown hallmarks from Bergen, love all these variations. ::::::::::: https://i....

https://i.imgur.com/9vP9mZc.jpeg The City of Naestved, Denmark had an older Town Hallmark that has been described as a "Crowned NE" in the literature. Many of the smaller Danish cities had their own "Town Marks" while Copenhagen was using the "Three Tower Mark" that wa...

::::: I've stated my position twice, using two different methods, but I will try to explain it one more time. ::: ::::: " I still do think this [OBJECT] is Scandanavian [BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL FORM OF THE OBJECT, THE CARTOUCHE, THE FONT OF THE LETTERS, AND THE TRADITION OF MARRIAGE BEAKERS FROM...

Double maker's mark M.K
The maker's mark M.K in a double rectangle for; Martin Krüger, registered in Libau, 1780-1788.
See Baltic Silver by Carl Ehrnrooth page 359 and 320

::::: If you found this object unmarked, without any hallmarks whatsoever, the details such as the cartouche, the font of the initials, and the foliate engraving design, and the tradition of wedding beakers with 2 sets of initials, all of this would lead you to believe this object is Scandinavian (l...

:::: "I still do think this (object) is Scandinavian" is what I was saying. The cartouche and the initials really remind me of some pieces from Denmark from the mid-18th century. Those details are really shouting "I'm Scandinavian" to me. The hallmarks are too far out of my leagu...

::::: I still do think this is Scandanavian, and this might be just a coincidence in which Scandinavian hallmarks are similar to the Kingdom Of Naples hallmarks circa 1690-1700, but the shape of those crowns really reminds me of silver hallmarks from the Kingdom Of Naples circa 1690-1700. ::::::: ::...