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Tea strainer spoon help please

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:21 pm
by Sterling911
Need help with date and manufacturer. Believe it to be a sterling tea strainer spoon. 4.5 inches long. I am really new at this so please bear with me.
3 symbols ( crab, anchor, C with a B inside) followed by etched " 500/21". Hopefully I put this in the correct category. Thank you

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https://i.postimg.cc/Dy3ZXxgR/Spoon-back-symbols.jpg
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https://i.postimg.cc/KvmsMHDc/Spoon-back.jpg

Re: Tea strainer spoon help please

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:00 pm
by AG2012
Hi,
Looks like Gorham,Providence,Rhode Island.
If so, what looks like crab is a lion and letter is G.
Regards

Re: Tea strainer spoon help please

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:02 pm
by silverly
AG2012 wrote:Hi,
Looks like Gorham,Providence,Rhode Island.
If so, what looks like crab is a lion and letter is G.
Regards


I agree and in the 1895 issued Bedford pattern.

Re: Tea strainer spoon help please

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:23 pm
by AG2012
Btw.it is strainer, but hardly a tea strainer because of rather big holes in openwork.

Re: Tea strainer spoon help please

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:38 pm
by Aguest
Bon-Bon Spoon or Nut Spoon, used for serving candy Bon-Bons or nuts, so perhaps there was straining of tiny grains of salt and flakes of nuts. :::

Re: Tea strainer spoon help please

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:11 am
by Sterling911
Thanks to all for your help.