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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 4265766, member: 360"]I'd say that they were birthday / newborn / baptism gifts for children. Y'know the old adage - 'born with a silver spoon in your mouth'? Well, might as well give young Master William and Mistress Annie silver spoons for their first birthdays, with their dates and names (or initials) engraved on them! </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen spoons embellished like this. I have a pair of silver teaspoons with '1913' engraved on them. God knows why, but there you are...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 4265766, member: 360"]I'd say that they were birthday / newborn / baptism gifts for children. Y'know the old adage - 'born with a silver spoon in your mouth'? Well, might as well give young Master William and Mistress Annie silver spoons for their first birthdays, with their dates and names (or initials) engraved on them! I have seen spoons embellished like this. I have a pair of silver teaspoons with '1913' engraved on them. God knows why, but there you are...[/QUOTE]
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