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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 180674, member: 44&quot;]I believe W.C. &amp; Son (William Canfield &amp; Son of Troy, NY from Johnny&#039;s link) is only the retailer. Those 3 punches (bust, lion, C) on your spoon are not the his pseudo-marks. The 3 punches for Canfield shown on that link are D, Eagle, Bust. John McGrew&#039;s <i>Manufacturers&#039; Marks on American Coin Silver</i>, p. 12, give his dates as 1842-1847, trade &quot;j&quot; meaning jewelry, and his mark (punches) D Eagle Bust - just like that link shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now the only coin silversmith using bust, lion, C I have found is for Cunningham/Cooper. p. 10 of McGrew&#039;s book under Bust/Lion/C says:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Attributed to the Cunningham or Cooper periods of this sequence of manufactureres. Gilbert-Cunningham/Cooper Complex&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a spoon online that they say is of this Cunningham/Cooper retailed by Samuel W. Benedict of NYC. Your spoon is retailed by Canfield of Troy, NY.</p><p><a href="http://www.cyberattic.com/stores/everythingsilver/items/679840/NYC-Coin-Silver-Soup-Ladle-Benedict" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cyberattic.com/stores/everythingsilver/items/679840/NYC-Coin-Silver-Soup-Ladle-Benedict" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyberattic.com/stores/everythingsilver/items/679840/NYC-Coin-Silver-Soup-Ladle-Benedict</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another one with Bust, Lion, C that the seller says is by Cunningham/Cooper and retailed by Voorhees.</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/American-Coin-Silver-Place-Spoon-A-Voorhees-New-Brunswick-NJ-bust-lion-C-/150879633763" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/American-Coin-Silver-Place-Spoon-A-Voorhees-New-Brunswick-NJ-bust-lion-C-/150879633763" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/American-Coin-Silver-Place-Spoon-A-Voorhees-New-Brunswick-NJ-bust-lion-C-/150879633763</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: BTW this is probably a sugar sifter, but there are a few tea strainer spoons that are similar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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