Little gold coloured tea caddy spoon — made by »WP« (maybe: William Page & Co.)
Hello »
spruddl«
Welcome to the Forum.
Sorry, my first impression of yours gold coloured tea caddy spoon is, that the spoon is gilded only. If you see yours second photo with the spoons back side: Near of the area of the marks are “
markings”
of wear and tear.
That’s very normal in regions of British culture; at least after already years of daily use for the preparation of the »5 o’clock tea«. The area of these “
markings”
should remain in colouration nearly similar as the basic material of the spoon — if the basic material is
Gold, then these “
markings” would be of course of a lower grade of goldcoloured reflection, and not so brilliant as the other parts of the spoon.
Yes, these “markings” became a nearly similar colouration as the basic material have, from which the spoon is made. But from which one of the possible basic materials is made the spoon? The spoon could be made, e.g. from
silver alloy —
and is maybe made in one of the colonial area’ [colonial marks?] of the British Empire? But the spoon could be made also, e.g. from
nickel silver alloy — and is than maybe made by »
WP« = »
William Page & Co.« in »Brummagem« (Birmingham, GB)?
Please look here for the “Page” trade mark (upper part of left column): http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_P.html Now let’s wait for more and maybe other opinions.
Kind regards silverport
