Spoons With Children on Handles - Help Identifying

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  1. Silver Fox

    Silver Fox New Member

    I got these for free at the Thrift Shoppe I work at, and they look interesting. I can't figure out what they are, other than spoons with creepyish children on them. Here's photos of them:
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  2. Silver Fox

    Silver Fox New Member

    The other files are apparently too large to upload. Whoops...
    I'll go do some edits to the files and upload them in a few minutes
     
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  5. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

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  6. Silver Fox

    Silver Fox New Member

    The full is in my original post.
     
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  7. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    They look like the "Campbell's Soup kids" to me. No marks on the backs?
     
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  8. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Ah now I see though it is very small.
     
  9. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Now I see there is another pic that I could swear wasn't there before. IS for International Silver. Without the word Sterling, they are plated.
     
  10. Silver Fox

    Silver Fox New Member

    I just googled "Campbell's soup kids spoon" and that's what they are. Thank you so much!
     
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  11. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    You're welcome! FYI - This sort of thing was frequently offered only by mail through ladies' magazines. I was hoping to find a copy of an ad for them in my copy of Davis and Deibel, but they don't show either an ad or the spoons.
     
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  12. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Perhaps it wasn't photo graphic at the time. :)
     
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  13. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    And cereal box tops. That's how I got mine.
    However, mine are a different pose and came with the bowl and cup.
     
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  14. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I have my MIL's five Campbell soup spoons for her 5 kids born in the late 50s and early 60s.
    greg
     
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  15. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Sorry about the lousy photo, my batteries died after one photo.
    greg 005.JPG
     
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  16. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    I guess the Campbell's kids are not readily recognizable to a few younger generations. It seemed they attempted to bring them back at one point but they soon disappeared again. I find it interesting that the OP found them to be creepyish.
     
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  17. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I think the Campbell kids were based on Dolly Dingle set of spoons. I think i have a set around here somewhere.
    greg
     
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  18. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Definitely the Campbell Soup kids. Here's an image from the 2013 calendar showing an older version and the other internet image is a set of Bicentennial Dolls from Campbell's soup which I remember getting for my daughter in 1976, so they were around then. 6a2f8624b0a0a9b96527ab92173cda3d.jpg 10638443_1.jpg
     
  19. Mansons2005

    Mansons2005 Nasty by Nature, Curmudgeon by Choice

    Sheesh...............now I feel REALLY dated.............I had a Charlie McCarthy spoon..........think I still have a Charlie McCarthy soap figurine around here someplace................
     
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  20. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    long as they don't talk to you.....:wacky::eek::eek:
     
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