1920s Salt Spoon?

Discussion in 'Silver' started by Emz, Apr 29, 2018.

  1. Emz

    Emz New Member

    I have a tiny little spoon which I think could possibly be a salt spoon?
    Here are the markings on the back - which after a few hours of searching - i think its a Clark and Sewell Chester 1920s spoon.
    Could this be right?
    I cant find any spoons made by Clark and Sewell though?!?
    Any help would be appriciated thank you!
     

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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Welcome, Emz!

    Your picture of the marks shows them almost too small to see. What is the letter in the punch on the right? And what is the length of the spoon?

    Here's a link to C marks of the Chester Assay Office. If you scroll down to the 2 for Clark and Sewell, you'll see a very slight different between them, but perhaps since you have it in hand you can figure out which one is on your spoon. Note that they were actually in Birmingham, so expanding your search to include it might help you find others.

    http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Chester-C.html
     
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  3. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Not all tiny spoons are for salt. Could be mustard or honey too, but it looks cute either way.
     
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  4. Emz

    Emz New Member

    Thank you. I already looked at this site before hand which is how i came to the conclusions in my post. The letter is a U.
     
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  5. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    The shape of the bowl defines the use of the spoon, elongated shape is for mustard, roundish is for salt.
     
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  6. Emz

    Emz New Member

    Here are some clearer photos of it. It measures 2.5" could anyone tell me any more info about it? Thank you.
     

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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

  8. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

  9. Emz

    Emz New Member

    Thank you.
    It seems what i originally found is right. What i want to know is ... is it rare? I cant find any other spoons or cutlery for that matter made by clark and sewell.
     
  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    My layman's guess would be , if they made one....they made thousands.
    Over time..many could have been lost, or melted...or still sitting in a persons stash box with their coke straw and rolling papers.
    I'd vote against it being rare.
     
  11. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    It is probably rare inasmuch as you might check a thousand similar salt spoons and not find another one by the same maker, but that is rare without being actually desirable.
    It is just a generic salt spoon.
     
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