vpone
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1700's silver teaspoon - RESTORATION PICS ADDED
Hey All,
Ok, so I was watching an episode of the Pawn Stars today and they had on a BEAUTIFUL Paul Revere silver spoon that was worth quite a bit,
it sparked my memory and I said out loud "hey, I found an old spoon from a site the other day ... I wonder ..."
Now I did find it at a colonial spot that we collected a couple good coins at including a nice spanish one reale. At the time it just looked
like an old, bent metal spoon, we find lots of them - usually in pieces, I put it in my pocket and never gave it a thought ...
I think that day too we each found a copper or two so those were on the top of our minds.
So digging thru my "junk" pile at my work bench I found the spoon and started cleaning it a bit ... I started seeing some nice engaved detail ...
then some initials ... and then the hallmark ... well it's not a Paul Revere spoon but it did turn out to be silver - "coin silver" I believe from my research
(meaning they melted down silver coins to make it) and even though it's bent, it seems to be intact and not broke or anything.
The hallmark reads "A REEDER" who I found was Abner Reeder a silversmith from the late 1700's in Philadelphia - VERY COOL PIECE !
I also included the draped bust half cent I found yesterday with Paco - it was COLD and the wind was howling but was nice to get out and get some fresh air.
I thought you guys might enjoy it - take care,
vp
www.Treasure-Valley.net
PS: now, the spoon is REALLY COOL - but is it bad that I keep thinking about the silver coins they melted down to make it
UPDATE 03/05/11: Well I FINAAAAALLLY got my colonial spoon back from the silversmith I sent it to. The place I sent it was the worst, I won't say the name or get into the details but it was not a good experience. I was pleased with the end result though so I guess I can't complain too much.
What do you guys think ?
vp
Hey All,
Ok, so I was watching an episode of the Pawn Stars today and they had on a BEAUTIFUL Paul Revere silver spoon that was worth quite a bit,
it sparked my memory and I said out loud "hey, I found an old spoon from a site the other day ... I wonder ..."
Now I did find it at a colonial spot that we collected a couple good coins at including a nice spanish one reale. At the time it just looked
like an old, bent metal spoon, we find lots of them - usually in pieces, I put it in my pocket and never gave it a thought ...
I think that day too we each found a copper or two so those were on the top of our minds.
So digging thru my "junk" pile at my work bench I found the spoon and started cleaning it a bit ... I started seeing some nice engaved detail ...
then some initials ... and then the hallmark ... well it's not a Paul Revere spoon but it did turn out to be silver - "coin silver" I believe from my research
(meaning they melted down silver coins to make it) and even though it's bent, it seems to be intact and not broke or anything.
The hallmark reads "A REEDER" who I found was Abner Reeder a silversmith from the late 1700's in Philadelphia - VERY COOL PIECE !
I also included the draped bust half cent I found yesterday with Paco - it was COLD and the wind was howling but was nice to get out and get some fresh air.
I thought you guys might enjoy it - take care,
vp
www.Treasure-Valley.net
PS: now, the spoon is REALLY COOL - but is it bad that I keep thinking about the silver coins they melted down to make it
UPDATE 03/05/11: Well I FINAAAAALLLY got my colonial spoon back from the silversmith I sent it to. The place I sent it was the worst, I won't say the name or get into the details but it was not a good experience. I was pleased with the end result though so I guess I can't complain too much.
What do you guys think ?
vp
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