American sterling? Who is the maker?

[sebastian4743]

I have a silver spoon in my collection. The silver marks tell me it was made in the USA but I am not sure. I have checked on here: http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver__Icon.html but no luck. Can someone please identify the maker of it?

[dognose]

Hi Sebastian,

See Gorham at: http://www.925-1000.com/Gorham_Date_Code.html

Trev.

[sebastian4743]

Hi Trev,

Yes, that has to be it, thank you. Although I cannot figure out the date symbol? It looks to me as a disformed crown or fire flames. Can there be more date symbols not mentioned on the website?

[dognose]

I think you are looking at the 'G' for Gorham. There were no date letters applied to flatware, only holloware.

Trev.

[sebastian4743]

Yes, I though the third symbol is a date mark (symbol) as it just did not resemble the 'G' letter to me. Can one say how old this spoon might be? Last quarter of he XIX century maybe?

[dognose]

Yes, that appears to be the likely period of time for that particular style of mark.

Trev.

[sebastian4743]

Thank you Trev for your time and knowledge!

[dragonflywink]

A picture of the entire spoon might narrow down the earliest dating...

~Cheryl