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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 4518609, member: 111&quot;]These can be a bit difficult to date because Italian souvenir spoons of this type, whether fully cast like these, or just the handles cast, were produced from the late 19th century and for decades into the 20th century, there were also low quality silverplated cast brass spoons, common mid 20th century souvenirs.&nbsp; Don&#039;t believe there&#039;s really a reason to doubt these spoons are .800 silver, some of the earlier spoons even bear no marks at all - I&#039;ve had a couple XRF tested and they were almost right at .800 fineness.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Della Robbia swaddled Christ-child has already been identified, the first spoon is topped with the Perugia crowned griffin, I don&#039;t recognize the other one (frankly, looks like resting chimpanzee dressed as a centurion to me, but pretty sure I&#039;m wrong)...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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