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miphi4tbg Posts: 28 Registered: May 2005	posted 06-28-2005 09:37 PM [26-0517] Several of you were helpful in answering my previous queries; I hope for as much help with this one! I acquired an 8" long spoon recently that is quite a mystery. Can anyone tell me something about the maker? I'll appreciate any information, including reference books that I should be consulting. Thanks! IP: Logged
Antiqueperson Posts: 18 Registered: Jun 2005	posted 06-30-2005 08:01 AM Beautiful spoon. It LOOKS really old. IP: Logged
t-man-nc Posts: 327 Registered: Mar 2000	posted 07-01-2005 08:29 AM As you beat my bid... Smile... I have to say I didn't have any real idea, but I was also beating on a hunch... It is a "Dog Nose" , "Rat Tail" design, and I am not sure who the maker is, but the decoration has a dutch/nortic feel to me... The mark "SSB" or "HB" is interesting to say the least... I don't think it is an American piece, made here by an early smith from Europe, I don't know why but just the feeling I get... But a great piece any way, hope you enjoy it... and can find out more on the maker... "Smaug" IP: Logged
miphi4tbg Posts: 28 Registered: May 2005	posted 07-01-2005 08:35 AM Thanks for your response, "Smaug" - I did know you were bidding and having read many of your posts here I was reassured by your participation that the spoon had value. I am even more curious now to learn more! [This message has been edited by miphi4tbg (edited 07-01-2005).] IP: Logged
akgdc Posts: 289 Registered: Sep 2001	posted 07-02-2005 02:57 PM Miphi, This isn't really my area of expertise, but those heart-shaped conjoined-initial-and-date marks are usually provincial Scandinavian ... probably Danish or (less likely, I'd guess) Norwegian. The date in the engraving (which probably commemorates a marriage -- it was traditional in Northern Europe to present engraved spoons at weddings, christenings, even funerals) does look about right for the style. (Rattail bowl, and dognose stem end ... a veritable menagerie!) So no need for buyer's remorse (unless you hoped it was American) ... it's a nice spoon! Perhaps an expert on Scandinavian marks will chime in with a more definite identification. IP: Logged
miphi4tbg Posts: 28 Registered: May 2005	posted 07-11-2005 07:16 PM Thanks for your comments, akgdc -- I'm hoping for exactly that to happen! P.S. I have to confess that I harbored some hope that it was American, until I saw it . . . But it is a nice spoon, and I do hope to learn more about it. IP: Logged
Dale Posts: 2132 Registered: Nov 2002	posted 07-12-2005 12:07 AM For those hoping this is American, might I suggest Delaware? In the former Swedish colony, there may have been some demand for traditional silver. Are there any reference works on this subject? IP: Logged

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