18th century sterling silver spoon

[K1DDO1979]

I stopped along the way at work today to my colonial spot and went into some deeper woods and found a nice assortment of goodies that I'm going to post later on a different thread but my find of the day was my first and very old silver spoon. I knew it was silver the second it popped out. I didn't get a chance to do much research and I'm hoping someone on here will know exact age. By the design, initials and lion stamp I know it's British and probably late 1700's. I know it's tarnished bad but I like it that way and the barber dime I found on the way back to the truck is only there for scale. Thanks for looking! [emoji2]

 

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[joeyfresh]

That's a nice one and worth a decent penny. Good job!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Great spoon, congrats. I really would like to dig some silver flatware someday.

 

[villagenut]

I bet a bowl of chocolate ice cream would taste good from that spoon....even in its tarnished state. Nice find for sure !!!

 

[Scrappy]

I think you're spoon is excellent. You can tell it was poured in a mold, which is a rare find.

Come on, have a sundae!!!!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Love the spoon K1DDO. I'd like to dig one of those myself.

 

[Jyverb64]

That's a nice piece of old silver

 

[K1DDO1979]

Thanks guys. I've dug loads of old complete and broken spoons but I knew this was different instantly. Hope I nail the maker down. Funny I was joking on the way home with a friend I should use it to eat something! Haha

 

[Chizzy]

I'm with villagenut and Scrappy........that spoon needs to be used again!! Great find........oh, and so is the barber...........
My goodness, I'm still looking for a Barber.....and a silver spoon to go with it!!

 

[K1DDO1979]

I'm with villagenut........that spoon needs to be used again!! Great find........oh, and so is the barber...........
My goodness, I'm still looking for a Barber.....and a silver spoon to go with it!!

Thanks. I don't have chance to post the other finds tonight (nothing special) but I was psyched with the barber dime. If it wasn't for the big silver spill I found before that had some American silver in it the barber today would have been my first US silver coin find. It's a 1897 by the way! [emoji106]

 

[Murray8144]

That's killer. Congrats on a stellar find.

 

[tomhighland]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing. Would your area of Nova Scotia have been where England resettled loyalists after the revolution, or rebellion as their history book would label it? I always wonder about the history on an excellent find like that.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old silver

 

[K1DDO1979]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing. Would your area of Nova Scotia have been where England resettled loyalists after the revolution, or rebellion as their history book would label it? I always wonder about the history on an excellent find like that.

The area I found it in had this info I found...
"The community was settled in the 1780s mainly by Loyalists. Through the late 18th and early 19th centuries many settlers from Scotland, England and Germany immigrated to the area and they still have descendents in the area, evidenced by prominent family names such as Rowlings, Anderson, and Bayers."

 

[digger460]

Love the spoon K1DDO. I'd like to dig one of those myself.

And hope you don't break it in half

 

[CRUSADER]

Firstly very nice spoon.

As it has no assayers mark or date letter, all you have is what you Guessed - British, late 18th - early 19th C. Unless someone can track down the Maker Mark, that's a tough call unless you know a silver expert with the right books/knowledge.

 

[K1DDO1979]

Firstly very nice spoon.

As it has no assayers mark or date letter, all you have is what you Guessed - British, late 18th - early 19th C. Unless someone can track down the Maker Mark, that's a tough call unless you know a silver expert with the right books/knowledge.

Glad to hear from you my guess was right. Another mark or two would make it so easy to track down. I'm hoping to clean up the makers mark slightly better to see more clearly the initials. Maybe just a q tip with warm soapy water will do the trick! [emoji2]

 

[CRUSADER]

Glad to hear from you my guess was right. Another mark or two would make it so easy to track down. I'm hoping to clean up the makers mark slightly better to see more clearly the initials. Maybe just a q tip with warm soapy water will do the trick! [emoji2]

& if your lucky you can match it on the internet, but you will need to try all the Assayers, start with the common ones, Birmingham & London.

 

[K1DDO1979]

& if your lucky you can match it on the internet, but you will need to try all the Assayers, start with the common ones, Birmingham & London.

I'm also going to try to get good pictures of the mark and post it here so I can know for sure what letters to look up! [emoji2]

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm also going to try to get good pictures of the mark and post it here so I can know for sure what letters to look up! [emoji2]

All letters (style etc) & the cartouche shape (stamp) have to match exactly.