Old Spoon found on FL Treasure Coast beach

[Sir Digs-A-Lot]

Hello all. First time poster here - I've enjoyed reading many of the posts on the site. I hope this is the right place to ask about this spoon. I found it recently in wet sand on the Treasure Coast of FL and wonder about it's origin. It is 7 inches long and is non-magnetic. Is there a resource to look up the particular pattern? It appears to be a crown with 2 swirls below. Beneath each swirl is a leaf (maybe flower?). There was something else between the 2 leaves but it is too corroded now to tell what it was. There is a corroded mark on the back of the stem - what I can barely make out is a fancy "W" connected to a short line leading to a corroded hole. (The "W" might be a number "3", letter "B" or a curvy "M" - depends which way you look at it). I have not cleaned it - it appears in the photos just as I pulled it from the beach. If it was silver I would expect it to be black, correct? Or would the sand and wave action keep it from tarnishing? Thanks for any help and I hope to be posting again soon.

 

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[RELICDUDE07]

I think it is a copper spoon with silver plate..From the 1900s ,cool find..

 

[Moe (fl)]

Nice find!

Is it heavy? Silver is heavy.

The W could be for WM Rogers. They made flatware since mid 1800s and into mid 1900s. Then they were bought out by Oneida. A lot of the early WM Rogers flatware was silver.

HH.
Moe

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Just looks like it has copper under the silver to me.

 

[Sir Digs-A-Lot]

The design seems crude, so it must be civil war-era, right?? HaHa, kidding. But seriously, thank you both for the replies. Moe, it does not seem very heavy compared to a stainless steel teaspoon of approximately the same size - they weigh about the same. Thanks for the lead on the WM Rogers/Oneida connection. I checked an extensive online database last night, but no matches. Guess I'll file it away for now. If anyone has any sources for ID-ing flatware please let me know. Thanks!

 

[Moe (fl)]

Looking at the condition of the spoon, its design, and thin handle it could be at least 100 years old. Perhaps older!

HH.
Moe

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Maybe you can search the conservative section and find a way to clean it a bit to see these markings. I am curious.

 

[trikikiwi]

What a fascinating find. Welcome to Tnet and thanks for sharing it Dan.
It certainly looks old and the pattern is interesting. It almost appears to have some polynesian art characteristics,

but I don't think so
I look forward to what the experts say.
Mike