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Thank you C for the information, now this makes sense that Bird Nest primarily for breakfast hence the eggs. The fork must not have been important at breakfast as there are no Bird Nest forks that I can find and I searched. I see your point that the degree of gold wash is not really as meaningful as...

Aren't egg spoons usually longer than demitasse spoons?

All birds nest and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

This bird nest spoon is unique in that it is completely gold washed. I have seen one example of another spoon that is also 4.5 inches and 0.38 ozt with a similar rounded bowl but it is not goldwashed. The bird nest demitasse spoons have a pointed bowl and no gold wash. Another large repository of bi...

This could be a trick of the lighting, but the hallmarks and patent date information appear to be raised up, in a sort of high relief fashion. I can't remember ever seeing a Gorham piece with raised hallmarks like this, so I was wondering how rare that little detail would be. There is a possibility ...

Indeed I made an error in attribution to 1720s. I think we should say circa 1750s just to be on the safe side; also, I have seen another spoon with a similar pointed end and a similar piercing pattern that was 4.61 inches in length for sale at a reputable antiques house. I am still researching this ...

Is there a mote spoon index that catalogues the known examples of mote spoons? I've been searching for the maker's mark on this small mote spoon and I can't seem to find the answer, but other details of the spoon including the piercing pattern could potentially solve the mystery. Also, if Grimwade's...

Apparently David McKinley is an expert on Mote Skimmer Spoons and his research suggests that Mote Spoons made after 1755 display assay marks with an "Ogee Base," a sort of curve that was invented in 1755. I believe the assay mark on this mote spoon does have an "Ogee Base" and th...

I just wanted to add-- the spoon is a mere 4.5 inches in length -- usually these spoons are much longer for easier skimming?

I am just assuming the city is London because the vast majority of mote spoons were manufactured in London, but I am not absolutely certain.

Hello to all the Mote Spoon Experts.

The Hallmarks are barely legible, but I believe the Hallmark Experts are up to the task!

You're right, I meant the acid test.

Sorry I haven't slept and not a lot of this thread makes sense.

In fact, let's just delete this thread, it would probably do the world a favor.

Is this really silver-plated? Oh no! The big magnet I have did not stick to the spoon, but I did not do the acid test.

Someone moved this thread to the silver-plate section, yet I have not heard back from the experts yet. Oh well.

There is also a chance of Russian. Some of these letters seem a bit cyrillic?

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This one is a mystery but I have never seen a spoon hallmarked on the edge so I had to buy it.