Yates Hallmark and WAR - Please Help

[kenscott]

I found these spoons tossed in with a group of junk spoons at a local antiques place a few years ago.
They have remained a mystery until I found this board.

I think these were made by one of the three Yates in the 1800s, but nothing I have been able to find explains
the eagle and the WAR hallmarks.

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd447/kescco/yates2.jpg
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd447/kescco/yates1.jpg

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[kenscott]

I am not sure why I am having problems with the pictures. They are only 3 x 2.25 which
fits within the 7 in limit posted in the guidelines.

Anyway, if you can please help me with these spoons I would appreciate it.

I think they may be from the son in the Yates family around the early 1800s. I know there
were three, and I think this is from the son of the original Yates.

Then again, I am a beginner and could be completely off base.

Kenscott