Makers mark on a silver spoon ?

[sscindercoop]

Any info on how old, where it was made who made it would be great thanks.

 

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[DrGrip]

Brown Hixson & Co. were in the jewelery business in the late 1800s.

http://books.google.com/books?id=T3...EwAA#v=onepage&q="Brown Hixson & Co."&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=A3...EwAQ#v=onepage&q="Brown Hixson & Co."&f=false

Couldn't find much more, but will look later this afternoon in a couple of books I have.

Grip

 

[BioProfessor]

Try here:

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

Daryl

 

[geo4472]

its a reed and barton they've made silverware from the 1840's to the present they are from Taunton,mass.

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

The spoon is indeed from Reed & Barton. It’s their 1890 ‘Flora’ pattern. The other mark is for the retailer Brown, Hixson & Co. of Main Street, Lockport, NY and active in the 1890s. This advert from December 1892: