Topic: Scrolled Spoon - Silver?

[antiquerose123]

Hi there:  Have ONE only of these.  Really neat design on it.  It does look like it says 925 on it, and obviously says *Sterling Silver* but it also looks like the Lion Passant on it.  Anyone know anything about this neat spoon, or age.   I also used my new techie tip to get a closer pic of the mark.

Thanks

[antiquerose123]

Added:  One more PIC of back of spoon...

[Anne]

Hiya Rose, I think these are preserve spoons, the sort that were used with a dish of jam or marmalade etc... my grandmother had them with little glass dishes in metal stands with a slot to hold the spoon over the dish. I suppose datewise they'd be 1930-1950'ish...  though yours may be earlier as it's a nice Art Nouveau sort of pattern.

[antiquerose123]

Hi Anne:
I never knew what to call it - as I remember as a Kid this was a favorite spoon of mine to eat cereal with.  Good a good heaping spoonful.  I never thought of it as a Jam/Marmalade spoon - but that makes sense because you could get a better scoop of it.

I would think that it is English - since the Lion Passant is the walking loin with one foot raised, but it looks like the Older version of the Lion Passant (the longer body)...

  Can't make out the thing between the Lion and the number of 925 as it is also wore down there.  Most likely was either a date letter, or a place or origin -- I am guessing.

Have to look around a bit more...

Also - Years ago when I was researching some other silverware from 1750 - I had gotten a book from the library (Jacksons) on marks.

This lion passant mark reminds me of what I had seen from doing the research on the others as the body is longer.  See:  http://www.silvercollection.it/ENGLABARNARD.html and scroll down to where it shows the Lion Passant pic of 1789.  You will see that the Lion Passant is a bit more sleeker (and looks like a smaller head) than that of the Lion passant from the 1900's.

This is just me thinking out loud, because when I had contacted the V & A (Victoria and Albert museum) over your way about that other silver we had here -- both the Lion passant on those, and this one look the same.  I also know that Spoons were not a part of the Silverware set back in those days.  So that would make sense IF this was just a utensil for jam....

Anyways - I will keep looking.  Trying to find the date code thing here -- and *might* be able to still figure out the date by the shape of what is left.

[Tigerchips]

With it being marked sterling i'd say more likely American.

http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver__Icon.html

[antiquerose123]

You could be right TC - I do have a lot to learn in this area.  I do believe that it is as Anne said a *Berry Spoon*