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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4862, member: 59"]I picked up this 8.5 inch spoon in the ordinary serving spoon shape 2 years ago at a church sale and it's been bugging me on and off since then. Very light weight for its size and definitely silver of some sort, but I cannot figure out where it was made.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only marks on the reverse of the handle are two identical rectangular punches with the letters CM in script. (picture attached) The only "design" is an engraved sprig of some kind of foliage with a diagonally placed rectangle (suitable for monogram?) across the stem. The engraving has that little "dot" or "chip" look to some of it. (picture attached)</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing unusual about the shape of the spoon is that the handle end has a curve to it so that only the point of the end rests on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can also see a double-lobed overlap from the handle onto the bowl of the spoon on the underside. But it's too faint to see in a picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is what looks like the remains of shallow dot or chip engraved initials on the reverse of the handle end. Unfortunately it's so worn that it is impossible to see in a pic. K M over D W and possibly a year beneath that - 1 (European style) 8 something something.</p><p><br /></p><p>So does anyone have any idea where this is from?</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH]928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4862, member: 59"]I picked up this 8.5 inch spoon in the ordinary serving spoon shape 2 years ago at a church sale and it's been bugging me on and off since then. Very light weight for its size and definitely silver of some sort, but I cannot figure out where it was made. The only marks on the reverse of the handle are two identical rectangular punches with the letters CM in script. (picture attached) The only "design" is an engraved sprig of some kind of foliage with a diagonally placed rectangle (suitable for monogram?) across the stem. The engraving has that little "dot" or "chip" look to some of it. (picture attached) The only thing unusual about the shape of the spoon is that the handle end has a curve to it so that only the point of the end rests on the table. I can also see a double-lobed overlap from the handle onto the bowl of the spoon on the underside. But it's too faint to see in a picture. There is what looks like the remains of shallow dot or chip engraved initials on the reverse of the handle end. Unfortunately it's so worn that it is impossible to see in a pic. K M over D W and possibly a year beneath that - 1 (European style) 8 something something. So does anyone have any idea where this is from? [ATTACH]928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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