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Is the maker "Robert Robertson" of Cupar? "active c. 1815-1857 (born 1793 - died 1877). In 1857 he opened with his son George Brunton Robertson a partnership known as R.&G.B. Robertson" There seems to be another obscured hallmark there to the right, I might be wrong about tha...

Yes snuff spoons are exceedingly rare and often people mistake smaller spoons for snuff spoons. ::::

Any ideas on who the maker is? That's interesting to have Tain provenance attached to an item. Is the silversmith a Tain silversmith?

Is it because Louis Kuppenheim started operations in 1899, so you would have to exclude dates before 1899? ::::

If all 4 spoons share the same scratched marks, do you think it's possible that that is actually a 2-letter monogram and the 2 letters are "Runes" or letters in the "Runic Alphabet" of which there were a few variations depending on specific locations in Scandinavia? ::: I am not ...

I think you've found it. ::: That flower hallmark is just so unusual it confused me. ::: The silversmith would have had to make a specific punch tool with that flower design, I really didn't know what to think when I first saw that flower in-between the hallmarks. ::::

If the bowl is wide and flat and pierced, it is possible this could be a tomato server as well. ::::

The flower motifs of William Whittemore are very interesting, still I cannot find his [W.W] hallmark, but I am impressed with all the floral designs that he used, it is an interesting style. :::

There's a "William Augustus Woolaston" listed in Calcutta India working in the 1820s. :::: The makers mark is a "WW" but the picture shows additional pseudo hallmarks which your spoon lacks. :::

The Chinese Export Silversmiths could replicate the forms of earlier objects, I have a Scent Box/Viniagarette by CUTSHING and in my research I learned that they made precise copies of 18th century silver while actually working in the 19th century. :::: It's possible that the Colonial Indian Silversm...

I understand the Catherine Wheel comparison, but do you really think the Thistle image is actually a Thistle? ::: If the Thistle is actually another flower, perhaps that hallmark led the authors astray to look at Scotland when actually it points to somewhere else? :::

Was the other spoon you found by "BP" similar in form to this spoon? :::

Born in 1756 so he was only alive for 33 years. ::: The form seems correct for 1770-1789 :::

I have seen a similar mark on pieces that had a retail hallmark of "Bloomingdale Brothers" ::: I wish I could be of more assistance, but all I know is that this hallmark is similar to pieces that were sold by "Bloomingdale Brothers" which I believe was a high-end retail store in ...

I just wanted to make sure every Danish Provincial silversmith working around 1830-1850 was checked. ::: I've had Danish Provincial spoons from this period of time which only bore a maker's mark. :::

Vegetable Tureen with artichoke on top, I have no idea why I couldn't remember the word "Artichoke", it's definitely an artichoke not an asparagus. ::: I have seen these vegetable tureens with artichokes on top before, they are mid-19th century French or Belgium, so now I'm wondering if it...

It might not be an acorn now that I look at it, it could be a vegetable like asparagus, like the flowering tip of an asparagus or similar vegetable, so maybe this was intended to be a vegetable dish. ::: Looking at the way that part is attached, I wonder if that could help to date the piece. :::

The Trondheim Flower from the year 1744 perhaps you should take a look at the hallmark wiki because there is one variation of the flower which only has 4 lobes and has a "plus-sign" type of symbol in the middle of it. ::::

I swear I have seen Swedish silver items from the 18th century with only a maker's mark and a town mark so still don't understand why this couldn't be from Sweden ::: Even if this technically isn't "Gustavian Swedish Silver" it still helps the owner to find other pieces which resemble this...

A fascinating observation. ::: Look at the acorn finial on the top of the cover. :::: So you see the acorn part, right? :::: Now notice the four-lobed part underneath the acorn? It seems like that part would match the four-lobed hallmark on the base ::: There are four petals which when lined up have...

Based on the style why would you not consider "Swedish Gustavian Silver" (a good search term to use) so there would be a maker's mark and a town mark only? ::: There is an acorn finial and other design elements which would point towards Swedish Gustavian Silver. :::