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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 4487483, member: 111&quot;]After a few days of further aggravation due to a hateful hacker, my laptop is back in service, so thought I&#039;d relax a bit and post some more pics...</p><p><br /></p><p>This tiny spouted ladle, just a shade over 3.5&quot; (9.1 cm) long, has been attributed to 18th century London maker Thomas Wallis I (Phil&#039;s silvermakersmarks.com comparison mark is dated 1769) - might be a toy, but more likely a condiment ladle/spoon, the capacity only a half-teaspoon.&nbsp; The &#039;Onslow&#039; pattern is one of my favorites, originally used mostly for serving pieces, the terminal cast and soldered to the stem with a slanted &#039;scarf joint&#039;, with this elegant little piece constructed the same as its larger relatives.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390604[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]390605[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Though it&#039;s not an active collection, started gathering Sage Green Wedgwood jasperware after my Mom gave me a pair of earrings in my early teens - knew that in 1983 they&#039;d issued individually boxed ball finial sterling spoons in different colors, and have had one in black for years.&nbsp; Then I ran across a harlequin set of all six colors (Black, Royal Blue, Pale Blue, Sage Green, Lilac, and Terracotta), and fully gilt, unlike those sold individually - so now I have the Sage Green along with all the others...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390618[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An addition to my Lily of the Valley collection - a set of Gorham&#039;s 1890s #877 enamel coffee spoons, also gilt (not the original case):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390620[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An enamel Lily of the Valley spoon, bowl engraved &quot;To Mac Feb. 11th &#039;08&quot;, no maker&#039;s mark, but Watson a good possibility:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390622[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another enameled Lily of the Valley spoon, made by Campbell-Metcalf:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390623[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of my all-time favorite Danish Skønvirke patterns is &#039;Tang&#039; (Seaweed), and I have several pieces, was happy to add this 1914 tea strainer to the others.&nbsp; The pattern made in both silver and silverplate, by a few different makers, this silver piece bears the Danish three-tower and assay-master marks, but no maker&#039;s mark - it&#039;s the variant usually associated with Carl M. Cohr:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390627[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An addition to my wooden spoon collection - Norwegian, likely 19th century, a carved version of a 17th century silver ball-knop spoon:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390665[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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