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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 10189454, member: 111&quot;]Acquired quite a few nice pieces in 2024, this one my favorite without doubt, because it was a Christmas &#039;spoon exchange&#039; gift, and making it particularly special was the sweet enclosed note expressing why he wanted to give me this spectacular late 19th-early 20th century Norwegian plique-à-jour enamel sugar shovel by David Andersen:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509420[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509421[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another beautiful plique-à-jour piece and a long-time want-list item, Viking ship salt by David Andersen, acquired through the lovely Kyratango and hubby, shown with well-matched spoon I already owned:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509428[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509429[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another item off my want-list, raven spoon by Tlingit silversmith Rudolph Walton:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509431[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Additions to my Lily of the Valley spoon collection, sizes from 7.75&quot; to 10.5&quot;, circa 1870.&nbsp; The first piece, a Whiting Mfg. berry spoon, acquired a year or two ago, but the other three in 2024 - a Whiting Mfg. cream ladle, the pie knife and almond scoop by Wood &amp; Hughes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509433[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509434[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a very uncommon piece that I&#039;d only seen in a late 19th century catalog - didn&#039;t know I wanted it until I saw it in parcel-gilt sterling, and then I definitely wanted it...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509442[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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