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Attached are photos of a silver spoon that I am trying to date. It belonged to an ancestor who lived in the US from 1842-1881. The back is marked "1835 R. Wallace 12" as indicated in one of the pictures.

The pattern appears to be a rose. I did a search for other rose pattern posts and the one I found was not the same.

I am looking for information on the date to confirm that the piece truly did belong with the estate named in paperwork that came with the piece.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

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The mark indicates your flatware is silverplate ('12' used on the higher quality 'triple-plate'), Wallace started using that trademark in 1897 - should be able to give you the name and year of introduction for the pattern once pictures are posted...

~Cheryl

Sorry, still trying to figure out how this works and thanks for your help! Please let me know if these links work for you.

Thanks again for the help & quick responses!

It's the multi-motif 'Floral' pattern, designed by Henrik Hillbom and introduced in 1902, each piece had a slightly different design. The original design patent, D35974, was issued July 8, 1902, six others, D36379-84, were issued June 30, 1903, but there were many more variants than those shown in the patents.

~Cheryl


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wow...you made that so easy- thank you so much Cheryl!

I also posted some pictures of some flatware under the Irish Hallmark section today and would be interested in your thoughts. The story I was told was that they came from Ireland (as it was a part of the same estate)- but curious if you have ever seen that pattern. I didn't post it under this section because the rules said to only post in one forum.

Thanks again!