Great Grandmother's baby spoon? Maybe?

[rmcagle]

I have a set of four sterling spoons that I believe to be baby spoons. They are monogrammed with my g'grandmothers monogram, but I cannot identify the pattern to determine the year. Better still the hallmarks are NOT there. It just says "sterling Pat." Does this pattern look familiar to anyone? Can you point me in a direction without having to click through the 87,000 patterns at replacements.com?! :) Thanks for your help.

RMC

http://gallery.me.com/rmcagle#100451

[dragonflywink]

Seems unlikely that she had a set of four monogrammed baby spoons - you don't mention a size or show a full view, but would suspect they're more likely something like chocolate or bouillon spoons. Pictures aren't very clear, but believe I see the old Simpson, Hall & Miller / International Silver "knight" trademark above the bowl: http://www.925-1000.com/ax_international.html The pattern is Stratford, introduced in 1901 (Patent #D34361).

~Cheryl

[rmcagle]

Awesome, thanks for your help- I will check the website out and get clearer pictures of the spoons next time I am back down South.

Question, though- would an adult woman have her maiden initials monogrammed on an item? I ask for more than one reason - we have some seafood/oyster forks that have my g'grandmothers maiden monogram & her mother's married monogram (same pattern, same forks, same placing of the monograms), but am curious as to WHY she would choose to monogram with her maiden initials? Is it like receiving acrylic these days?

The [baby] spoons I posted about are smaller than a petite woman's hand. Will get measurements and update.