C Bard & Son Spoons

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hpidaves
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C Bard & Son Spoons

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I have two more spoons I'm wondering about. They are 4" in length and marked "C Bard & Son", whom I have found as Conrad Bard. I have four questions on these:

1) Are they salt spoons?
2) Are they coin silver (they feel a bit too stiff for coin)?
3) What is the pattern?
4) What is their approximate age?

Thank you for any information!

Dave

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Re: C Bard & Son Spoons

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Your mark is for Conrad Bard and his son Edwin Milford Bard of Philadelphia, PA. The spoons would have probably been made around mid nineteenth century. For myself I would expect them to be coin silver without hesitation. They look very much like salt spoons, but the length is going to have a lot to do with that. I'd call the pattern beaded, but I don't know if there is a formal name.
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