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So I believe you have a lovely piece of Spanish colonial silver. Your spoon is definitely not 17th century though based on its style.

I checked "Marcas de la Plata - Espanola y Virreinal" and the mark looks to me like the mark used in 18th century Guatemala

Yeah, I tried to no avail. I also forgot that the mark could be IR which just expands the options. I went through Citroen's book on Amsterdam marks but none of the IR IB or IP marks really match.

Here is a fun one. Based on the style of the fork I am almost certain it is of Dutch origin. It is hollow with steel tines, measures about 8" long and it is only marked either IP or IB. Sadly the bottom half of the second letter is cut off. I could be looking at the mark upside down, however. H...

The spoon is very French in style so I would consider looking at countries that border France and had strong French influences. The mark kind of looks like a crown. I would throw a wild guess that it is Spanish. But this is only a guess. I am not near my books till possibly tomorrow.

I think you are seeing worn marks for Bergen Norway from around 1800.

Wallace Silversmiths (Robert Wallace & Sons), American. I think your spoon is the Violet pattern as well.

ok, I see. Thank you for all the info and clarification Peter!

Thank you again! The multiple markings were the most appealing thing about this spoon. So, If I am reading this right, there were 3 different instances of this spoon being marked for resale. First the French mark, then the flowery V, then crowned V. Which marking brought the assay office mark?

Thanks Peter! I knew you could sort this out. If ever find out who the maker is I'd love to know. I couldn't find this mark in any of my books but sometimes a second pair of eyes makes all the difference.

I believe this spoon to be Frisian in origin but I cannot identify the maker. It also has several other marks including at least 2 marks for old and imported wares, possibly a french occupation rooster for 800 silver though this mark is very worn as well as a person (Minerva?) wearing a helmet with ...

Hi, probably Nathanial Coleman (1765-1842). he worked as a silversmith in Burlington NJ from 1787 to 1835. He was originally from New York state. None of his known marks quite line up with these but the style of the spoon is correct for his early working period. For more information about this silve...

We can only speculate why it made it to Naples but the piece could easily have come with a Napoleanic soldier during the wars and French occupation and was later remarked for resale during the later period. That's a nice romantic way to think of its journey anyway. Mere speculation though.

I do not know the maker but I believe the Horsehead indicates it was made in France between 1795 to 1797 and is 84.3% silver. The Lady head with the E next to it means it was imported in to the Naples Italy between 1824-1832

is it actually marked 925 or sterling anywhere? It looks like plated costume jewelry to me

I could only find 1 spoon in the Winterthur online collection for Sunderland & Weaver and it looked a few decades older the 1867 but 1867 still makes more sense than 1798 so, for now, that is what I'll go with. Still, if it is Sunderland & Weaver, I think they still would only have retailed ...

Thank you for the quick response. Do you have a source for that? From what I can tell Sunderlin & Weaver were merely retailers and I can't find any reference for them using just an S&W. I only see them using their entire name.

I am fairly confident that his piece is American and coin silver but I could be wrong. I am unsure who the maker is or if it is American at all. I have seen the mark described as Philadelphia Silversmiths Anthony Simmons & Samuel Williamson who worked together in 1797 - 1798 but this seems very ...

The mark is 18th century Venice but I don't think this is a genuine 18th-century article. It's probably genuinely silver but the marks are probably pseudo marks designed to deceive. I would wait for a second opinion before committing to it. Beautiful piece regardless

When I first got the fork I had to look at every piece by Hafner I could find online and so the assumption of the wearing hallmark was my own. The people with his pieces would attribute them later with the worn-looking marks than with the crisp ones thus my assumption. There are only so many of his ...