Silver spoon ID

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fishnfowl
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Silver spoon ID

Postby fishnfowl » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:41 pm

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I nedd help ID this spoon. The hallmark is SH. There looks like a dot mid way between the letters. The bowl appears to have been hammered into shape. Am I wrong? The handel design is very delicate
I can't thank the members of this forum enough for helping me identify my spoons. Hubby wanted to sell them all for scrap which got me into researching them. Thanks so much!

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Re: Silver spoon ID

Postby silverly » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:45 pm

Take a look here and see what you think: http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_H.html

fishnfowl
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Re: Silver spoon ID

Postby fishnfowl » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:39 pm

Might be but letters seem closer together. I try to get better photo of mark.

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Re: Silver spoon ID

Postby silverly » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:42 pm

Great looking spoon, especially the engraving.

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Re: Silver spoon ID

Postby fishnfowl » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:48 pm

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SilverSurfer
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Re: Silver spoon ID

Postby SilverSurfer » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:45 am

silverly wrote:Great looking spoon, especially the engraving.


The engraving impresses me as very typically American circa 1800, which might help to point to Stephen Hardy as the maker. His S<pellet>H mark as shown in Ensko is not rendered precisely enough to definitely confirm or deny this attribution, but it is the best fit that I can see offhand, FWIW.

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Re: Silver spoon ID

Postby JLDoggett » Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:32 am

Do also remember that the maker's mark punch may have been replaced over the years and slight changes do happen.


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