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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KevinM, post: 135162, member: 1899&quot;]This is a set of 5 coin silver spoons I purchased about a year and a half ago and I&#039;m trying to find out if the W. Adams on the back of the spoons is the same William Adams from New York that made the Mace for the House of Representatives between 1841 &amp; 1842 and continued working until 1850 in New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted these awhile back somewhere else and when given a choice it was narrowed down to W. Adams from New York who worked as a Silversmith and not W. Adams from England but I was not able to determine if it was the same W. Adams that made the Mace.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 5 spoons I think are monogrammed with &quot;MJW&quot; or &quot;MTW&quot; and are made from coin silver from the mid 1800&#039;s but I&#039;m not positive. The spoons are about 6 inches in length and weigh about 30 grams each.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the spoons have &quot;Patent 1847&quot; &quot;W. Adams&quot; and 2 of the spoons have the letter &quot;C&quot; further up the handle. The &quot;47&quot; of 1847 looks like it has been stamped over another date. I&#039;m not even sure if the 47 is a 47 or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know if the W. Adams who made these spoons was the same W. Adams (William Adams) that made the Mace for the House of Representatives, when they were made, what they are made of and does the letter &quot;C&quot; on them denote Coin silver or are they another silversmiths initial or something else?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p>Kevin</p><p>[ATTACH=full]35100[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]35101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]35102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]35103[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]35104[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]35105[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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