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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 2757092, member: 111&quot;]The spoon is English electroplate, maybe on Britannia-metal, made by Edwin Blyde &amp; Co. of Sheffield, the &#039;spur&#039; mark is distinctive.&nbsp; Would date no earlier than the early 1870s,, when the firm started using the &#039;&amp; Co.&#039; name (they are still in business as pewterers, the origins of the family business) - it is not two-part construction, suspect the &#039;drop&#039; on the bowl-back is what makes you think that, and the fiddle pattern is a classic, many forms still in production, a plain fiddle with shoulders like yours would have <i>originally</i> dated to around 1800.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your marks can be seen on the catalog cover shown below, 2nd directly under &#039;Corporate Marks:&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]278525[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000078.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000078.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000078.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This clip from an 1885 publication, notes the firm as established in 1873:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]278526[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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