Featured Spoons, and more spoons!

My grandmother and great aunt collected souvenir spoons every where they went. So I have quite a collection too - not as many as you have, but plenty!

 

Beautiful collection, Frank.
Two of the Dutch spoons have a crest with three crosses, that is the town crest of Amsterdam. I can't see the crest on the other one.

 

It seems to be a simple pale, supported by griffons.

 

The one with the anchor hall mark is odds on to be English.

 

I thought so, too, but here's what Bakersgma found:

"Here's the catalog for Gorham's Apostle pattern. Your's is on the left
https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/CatalogPgs/Gorham/Apostle.html "

 

Nice collection, Frank! Thanks for sharing.

~Cheryl

 

That's enough info for me, along with that lovely ship. It is Dordrecht, a historic town and river port near Rotterdam:

https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Dordrecht

 

Jim - if you're going to pick silver in the US, you need to be familiar with our most prominent makers and their marks.

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

 

I'm wrong again. I'm getting good at this. I saw the rampant lion and anchor and thought 'gotta be UK'.

Them yanks even copy our hall marks...

 

And they're not the only ones.

 

I love silver spoons! Nice assortment!