Help date this spoon

[diggerfororo]

This is my first post in the "what is it " I found this spoon last year in Arizona nugget hunting. inside the bowl of the spoon is the name(stamped) "Mendoza" I have looked on the net for anything like it and came up zero. I think it is solid silver. Thanks for any help.

Les

 

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[diggerfororo]

Les
Is there another mark on the back of the spoon opposite the E
Don

The "E" is the only mark

Les

 

[CRUSADER]

The only help I can give is:

Looks Silver
Not made in the UK.

 

[Thomas007]

The myth originated in New Mexico in 1540. Antonio de Mendoza was the viceroy of New Spain. Having practically conquered the New World, the adventurers who formed his court, having no fighting to do with common enemies, began to hack each other. Opportunely for the viceroy, Fra Marcos discovered New Mexico and Arizona. Gathering the doughty swordsmen together, Mendoza turned them over to the brilliant soldier and explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, with strict orders to get them as far from the viceroy as he could, and then lose them.

 

[Pete Sluder]

The marking looks close to part of the Miguel Melendez stamping. Just a guess on my part. Here is alink to an image of the Melendez stamping.

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

Good luck with your search.

Pete

 

[DCMatt]

Here is a piece of Mendoza silver on the net:

http://www.trocadero.com/Hacienda/items/647658/item647658store.html#item

See if you recognize any markings.

If you turn your "E" upsidedown, it could be a 3 - which might be a Mexican Eagle mark (Mexican silver hallmark numbering system used after 1948), but I don't think so. I couldn't find anything that looked like your mark... I would guess yours is late 19th - early 20th century.

DCMatt

 

[Mackaydon]

And if you turned the "E" over to the right, it forms a "M"; possibly for Mendoza.
Don.....

 

[DCMatt]

And if you turned the "E" over to the right, it forms a "M"; possibly for Mendoza.
Don.....

...didn't think of that....

 

[tymcmurray]

Looks rather old.
Have you tried a museum?

 

[diggerfororo]

Looks rather old.
Have you tried a museum?

I haven't done anything with it because I just found it "again" My wife moved some of my "stuff" and it got misplaced. Thanks for all the replies.

Les

 

[Moe (fl)]

The "E" is an M.