Late Example of Coffin Ended Spoons?

[dognose]

Hi,

I just wondered if anyone had come across such a late example of coffin ended spoons such as these?





Made by Joseph Moulton c.1850





Trev.

[dragonflywink]

No question - those are clearly unusual examples.....

~Cheryl

[JLDoggett]

Very nice set of spoons Trev. I wonder if they were made for the Coffin family in Newburyport, Massachusettes. They family had a very large house on High Street and were a family of shipping merchants.

The engraving looks contempory with the manufacturing period (C. 1800 by Joseph III) of those lovely fiddle handle spoons. To have a set of 8 matching ones is a very lucky find.

[dognose]

Hi both,

Thanks for your responses on this special and amusing day of the year.

Regards Trev.

[agphile]

Nice one, Trev.

[JLDoggett]

Ok, you got the sick old man, with a very bad pun... I could not understand why you would not know pattern names, but I figured on your side of the pond things do have vastly differing names. They are still an impressive set, are they yours? or do the belong to a mesuem?

[dognose]

Hi,

My apologies for mischief making!

My post was entered in a bit of a hurry, I had not realised that 'All Fools Day' was upon us so soon, and I scratched around to find something to make a joke out of, and remembered those spoons. Last year 'Hose DK' made a far better job of a 1st April spoof.

Yes, the spoons are mine, but I had no idea that they may have been a former possession of such a prominent Newburyport family, many thanks for the information, it sounds like they are worthy of more investigation.

Regards to all, Trev.

[JLDoggett]

I will check the books I have on Newburyport for background. I also have a client who is a descendant and will ask him for information. A family like the Coffins would have bought their silver locally, especially with the Moulton's being just down the hill (literially) from their house.

Towel (for whom I worked) was founded by a Moulton and a Towel (who I believe was an apprentence of J. Moulton.)

[dognose]

Thanks Jim, I'd appreciate that.

Regards Trev.