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There is an old, unanswered thread on a souvenir spoon marked Bruce Sterling. A listing on eBay for a demi spoon from the Park Central Hotel in New York appears to carry a mark "Bruce Silver". What is known is that Albert Pick supplied early china (1927) and an additional sample plate from Scammell China came marked as Johnson Service Company, Inc. [Larry Paul at LarryRPaul.com is looking into newly uncovered information right now.] Barth supplied (a listed side-handled chocolate pot) some early holloware...Pick & Barth merged in this era. My teaspoon sample is from Wallace in the "Hudson" (1917-) pattern and is marked Wallco sectional A1+, and carries the script name Park Central on handle reverse. So who or what is Bruce? And when was this name used? (It is a very plain pattern spoon.) Could it be associated with Pick's silver lines?

My Wallco sample:








Some old ephemera before WWII:

The old Bruce Sterling thread sans photos: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8111&p=17417&hilit=bruce+sterling#p17417

SMP forum photos of the Bruce Sterling mark (and Beau registered trademark on box) on spoon: https://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000847.html

Name has also surface on a West Virginia State seal charm on Ruby Lane (sold).

If this is all one company, then the Central Park demi spoon may be separate from normal dining wares. Hotels did have special souvenir spoons and commemoratives that surface.