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With the hint about JD&S, I've been able to identify the maker as James Deakin and Sons in Sheffield. With a little time in Google, I found photos at silvermag.com of a piece with a very similar shape and the exact same marks (except the J is intact), dated to about 1890. Apparently what I surmi...

Thanks, Waylander. Yes, I noticed that the D is off to the right, but I couldn't see anything else. Now I'm looking at it again with a 20x hand microscope, and there is part of a letter there; most of it has been obliterated or was not stamped right. I can see just the lower right corner of the lett...

I originally posted this without a photo, and apparently no one could help. So here are two pictures: http://sv1.letmehost.com/img.php?file=sv1/13/Spoon1.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://sv1.letmehost.com/img.php?file=sv1/13/Spoon2.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return...