Featured Lunt Sterling Baby Cup - Age?

I found this Lunt Sterling Baby Cup before things closed down, and was able to discover one like it but without the gold colored interior. It weighs 1.1 ounce and is 1 1/2 inches tall by 2 inches in diameter with a molded flower design handle. The one I found was described as the ambiguous "Vintage" (https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/56984611_vintage-lunt-sterling-silver-baby-cup) Any thoughts on age?

 

I don't know exactly though someone may. The pattern appears to be from the time when it was RLB, Rogers Lunt and Bowlen up until 1935, and continued when it became Lunt after that. So post 1935.

http://www.silvercollection.it/USASILLUNT.html

https://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_L3.html

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/sterling-551-silver-baby-christening-276871438 example with the RLB mark

 

A common baby gift in the immediate post-World War II era so 1950s likely.

Debora

 

LOVE the handle on it!!!!

 

Excellent information and links. I so appreciate this!

 

Thank you for this information. It looks like it was never used, just given.

 

I was thinking sunflowers.

 

Think those are violets.

Debora

 

This Ruby Lane seller doesn't attempt to identify or date.

https://www.rubylane.com/item/992373-TB-1634/Vintage-Lunt-Sterling-Silver-Baby-Cup

Debora

 

I think it is an orange & orange blossoms.

 

This person thinks their die is Orange and Blossom.

http://ancientpoint.com/inf/122508-...p_handle_factory_die_hub_mold_paperweght.html

 

I don't know about this one specifically, but sterling baby cups can be much earlier than the 1950's. One in my wife's family is from the first decade of the 1900's, and the tradition goes back earlier than that.

 

It's definitely an orange and blossoms - this is from a 2005 Lunt catalog:





~Cheryl

 

Just as an added bit of information, Lunt's equipment, including molds and dies, were sold off in 2010 after they filed for Chapter 11.

~Cheryl

 

That looks right. Thanks for the picture!

 

Great catch. This one has the same gold wash interior and the Lunt 551. I'm not sure about the repousse though.

 

I think you got it. I was thinking sunflower with those dots but an orange could be right.

 

Wow. Wasn't that a find they made into a paperweight. It looks like that 551 must refer to the handle. You are absolutely terrific!

 

Please note - described as a 'Juice' cup...



~Cheryl

 

So you have one of these too? Way cool! What does it have on the bottom?