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Hi,

I have this rather nice gilded spoon in the European style, but the marks look somewhat American/Canadian to my untutored eye, hence I've popped it in this section. I am hoping that someone may be able to identify the marks for me - country of manufacture, maker, approx date (which I would guess would be in the first half of the 19th century).

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Silverk.

I've never seen those marks, but I've seen dozens of times that pattern with different marks, and it was always silverplate. I advise you to test it.
Best
Amena

Hi Amena,

Yes, I'm very aware of many British silverplate marks of this type, but I'm 100% confident that the spoon is silver, then gilded.

Silverk.

Seems Pittsburgh 1857-60 next to retailer mark gives some inkling of support to your theory of American origins (scroll down): https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Ret/RetR1.html

Same idea, different order.