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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4259412, member: 111"]The downturned handle is typical of fiddle pattern spoons, could go into all sorts of geeky spoon stuff, but will spare you and just share this short article on the AC Silver site concerning the handles on British flatware (American coin, for the most part, followed British style):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsilver.co.uk/acsnews/2014/08/28/silver-flatware-patterns-handles/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsilver.co.uk/acsnews/2014/08/28/silver-flatware-patterns-handles/" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsilver.co.uk/acsnews/2014/08/28/silver-flatware-patterns-handles/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Meant to get back here sooner, but took me until now to locate the McGrew book on American coin pseudo-marks - much of my stuff is packed away, and quite a bit in storage, but I knew the darned book was in my hand just a couple of weeks ago. Marks similar to what I can make out of yours are shown, found on pieces retailed by Marquand, and attributed to different NYC makers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marquand worked in Savannah, GA and New York City, so there is a 'Southern silver' connection, and there was for a time, a theory concerning the different letters found on his pieces being 'date letters' corresponding to his years in Savannah, but this is discounted now since the same distinct pseudo-marks are found on pieces bearing numerous other retailer's marks. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of Marquand marks, compared to your piece at top:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]338641[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Should mention that since the form is so common, attributing any of your other spoons to a maker is pretty much impossible, and the value of most unmarked American coin is lower than marked pieces. Thought you noted the price you gave, but now I don't see it, if I didn't imagine it and remember the amount correctly, even if they're quite lightweight, you paid well under scrap value and they're certainly worth more than scrap...</p><p><br /></p><p>edit: Ahh, now I see the price in a later post, good to know I'm not hallucinating and the memory isn't completely shot...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4259412, member: 111"]The downturned handle is typical of fiddle pattern spoons, could go into all sorts of geeky spoon stuff, but will spare you and just share this short article on the AC Silver site concerning the handles on British flatware (American coin, for the most part, followed British style): [URL]https://www.acsilver.co.uk/acsnews/2014/08/28/silver-flatware-patterns-handles/[/URL] Meant to get back here sooner, but took me until now to locate the McGrew book on American coin pseudo-marks - much of my stuff is packed away, and quite a bit in storage, but I knew the darned book was in my hand just a couple of weeks ago. Marks similar to what I can make out of yours are shown, found on pieces retailed by Marquand, and attributed to different NYC makers. Marquand worked in Savannah, GA and New York City, so there is a 'Southern silver' connection, and there was for a time, a theory concerning the different letters found on his pieces being 'date letters' corresponding to his years in Savannah, but this is discounted now since the same distinct pseudo-marks are found on pieces bearing numerous other retailer's marks. Here are a couple of Marquand marks, compared to your piece at top: [ATTACH=full]338641[/ATTACH] Should mention that since the form is so common, attributing any of your other spoons to a maker is pretty much impossible, and the value of most unmarked American coin is lower than marked pieces. Thought you noted the price you gave, but now I don't see it, if I didn't imagine it and remember the amount correctly, even if they're quite lightweight, you paid well under scrap value and they're certainly worth more than scrap... edit: Ahh, now I see the price in a later post, good to know I'm not hallucinating and the memory isn't completely shot...:wacky: ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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