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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4480211, member: 111"]Been quite a while since I've posted a spoon thread, so thought I'd show an assortment:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Christmas present to myself last year, new addition to my Lily of the Valley collection, an uncommon 10-1/4" Whiting Mfg. berry spoon, circa 1870 - no maker's mark (not unusual), but has the Whiting #14 bowl, found on known patterns:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388931[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388932[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Found this late 19th-early 20th century Gorham demitasse spoon in one of my old jewelry boxes with its receipt from 2015, apparently ejected from my memory for lack of space, since I have no recollection of seeing it before, much less buying it. Likely tucked it away to research later, and still had no luck, so contacted an acquaintance who wrote the book on Gorham spoons - he'd recently acquired the same spoon, says mine is the only other one he's seen, it's not found in the Gorham archives, but the logo belonged to the 'Camp Fire Club', founded in 1897:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388927[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388928[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388929[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Still sorting through Mom's stuff - this is a harlequin set of eight different Gorham pattern coffee spoons, parcel-gilt with fancy engraved bowls, acquired from a dealer friend in the '80s, he had a set of eight, but was selling them separately. Mom picked out four, then sent me back the next day for the other four because she wanted them all, keeping the set together - no question on keeping them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388919[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388930[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jam spoons - the ivory handled by George Unite, Birmingham 1877, the circa 1900 New Zealand spoon with a pounamu (greenstone) handle:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388933[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388934[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4480211, member: 111"]Been quite a while since I've posted a spoon thread, so thought I'd show an assortment: My Christmas present to myself last year, new addition to my Lily of the Valley collection, an uncommon 10-1/4" Whiting Mfg. berry spoon, circa 1870 - no maker's mark (not unusual), but has the Whiting #14 bowl, found on known patterns: [ATTACH=full]388931[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388932[/ATTACH] Found this late 19th-early 20th century Gorham demitasse spoon in one of my old jewelry boxes with its receipt from 2015, apparently ejected from my memory for lack of space, since I have no recollection of seeing it before, much less buying it. Likely tucked it away to research later, and still had no luck, so contacted an acquaintance who wrote the book on Gorham spoons - he'd recently acquired the same spoon, says mine is the only other one he's seen, it's not found in the Gorham archives, but the logo belonged to the 'Camp Fire Club', founded in 1897: [ATTACH=full]388927[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388929[/ATTACH] Still sorting through Mom's stuff - this is a harlequin set of eight different Gorham pattern coffee spoons, parcel-gilt with fancy engraved bowls, acquired from a dealer friend in the '80s, he had a set of eight, but was selling them separately. Mom picked out four, then sent me back the next day for the other four because she wanted them all, keeping the set together - no question on keeping them: [ATTACH=full]388919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388930[/ATTACH] Jam spoons - the ivory handled by George Unite, Birmingham 1877, the circa 1900 New Zealand spoon with a pounamu (greenstone) handle: [ATTACH=full]388933[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388934[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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