Okay! New challenge! ;0)

[SusanWhite]

Hello, Everybody!

We have a very large spoon with the large guarantee Minerva and a maker's mark we'd like to identify. We would also like an opinion on just exactly what kind of serving spoon this is ... our first thoughts are either a pasta/macaroni server or a master berry spoon. We are leaning towards the pasta thing because of the notches around the perimeter of the spoon. It has a very deep bowl and I tried to get good photos of it.

I've done my best to get good shots of the Minerva and the maker's mark ... short of hammering the bowl flat, this is the best I could do! The maker's mark has a star over the initials S H [or H S?] and below the initials is a sun.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated....

Here are overall photos of the spoon:









Here are the marks [Minerva is first]:





Sincerely,
Susan

[SusanWhite]

I decided to try photographing the Minerva again because I just don't have the expertise in determining which Minerva it actually is ... I am certainly aware that a part of me wants it to be the large guarantee ... but a bigger part of me just wants to know and get it right.

Here's the new photo ... I am truly grateful for all help offered!

Sincerely,
Susan

[blakstone]

Henri Soufflot, working Paris, 1884-1910.

[SusanWhite]

Dear Blakstone,

Thank you very much for this information!

Sincerely,
Susan