baby spoon?

[outwest]

I'm just learning about silver (it's interesting!) and have been looking around for fun in my spare time. I have been good about not buying anything until I learn more, (cut - admin edit)
I know it is electro plate (the E.P. gives it away). What I don't understand is the old fashioned style of it. It has these hallmarks that make no sense, either. I don't have anything with pseudo hallmarks and thought it would be fun to have one.

So, my question(s) are:
Is this a modern baby spoon in an old fashioned design with pseudo hallmarks? Who made it? Is it American?

[Waylander]

I have a similar spoon. I answer your questions as follows:

1) Probably not modern. See answer to 2). If I were going to fake hallmarks, I would do it on a piece worth more than this, and I would also put on Sterling marks, not pseudo marks.

2) The Crown with WP is William Page & Co. of Birmingham, England, electroplate manufacturer who seems to have started business circa.1897

3) It is English

Waylander

[outwest]

Thank you! I have a lot to learn. : )

[Alison]

My mother has a set of six spoons with similar marks -

WP in crown - William Page & Co
EP in shield - Electroplate
Fleur-de-lys
Castle
'A' in a diamond

Is there somewhere online that will help decode these marks, to give a manufacture date or range of dates? This site is great for silver, but not so easy for silverplate!

Would love to post a photo, but can't figure out how ;-)[/img]

[Waylander]

I must confess that while I know that Page was the maker, I have no further details on him. "Compared to silver makers, there are not a lot of references for silver plate makers since a maker can use pretty much whatever marking they like so long as it is not a exactly the same as those marks controlled by the government for marking silver. This tight government control on silver objects means that such markings are relatively well documented. Silver is also more intensively collected and so collectors have focused more of their effort on researching and documenting maker's markings on silver rather than plate markings".

Waylander