Early "White star ship line" spoon

[K1DDO1979]

Just dug this and it may be a rarer one. From what I can find its a older first class spoon. Hoping someone can date it. It's made by Ellington & co. and it's has the date letter K which makes it a early one. Thanks for looking! [emoji2]

 

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[cjon455]

oh wow, that's really cool!, definitely old, sorry im not much help with the ID

 

[K1DDO1979]

oh wow, that's really cool!, definitely old, sorry im not much help with the ID

Thanks. It was tough to recover. Between giant rocks and tree roots. I messed the bowl up a little. Hope someone can nail it down to a date or ship.

 

[deepsecrets]

Believe this is Elkinton Silverplate - they did make cutlery for White Star ships. Elkinton had to stop using the crown in their mark in 1898 - so, that with the K date mark places this 1871-1897; ships in White Star fleet for those years include:

Atlantic	1871	1871–1873	3,707 GRT
Baltic	1871	1871–1889	2,122 GRT
Tropic	1871	1871–1873	2,122 GRT
Asiatic	1871	1871–1903	2,122 GRT
Republic	1872	1872–1910	3,984 GRT
Adriatic	1872	1872–1899	3,888 GRT
Celtic	1872	1872–1898	1,867 GRT
Traffic	1872	1872–1896	155 GRT
Belgic	1873	1873–1888	2,652 GRT
Gaelic	1873	1873–1896	2,685 GRT
Britannic	1874	1874–1903	5,004 GRT
Germanic	1875	1875–1903	5,008 GRT
Arabic	1881	1881–1915	4,368 GRT
Coptic	1881	1883–1908	4,448 GRT
Doric	1883	1883–1911	4,784 GRT
Ionic	1883	1883–1900	4,753 GRT
Belgic	1885	1885–1899	4,212 GRT
Gaelic	1885	1885–1905	4,206 GRT
Cufic	1885	1885–1896	4,639 GRT
Runic	1889	1889–1895	5,043 GRT
Teutonic	1889	1889–1921	9,984 GRT
Majestic	1890	1890–1914	9,965 GRT
Nomadic	1891	1891–1903	5,749 GRT
Tauric	1891	1891–1929	5,728 GRT
Magnetic	1891	1891–1935	619 GRT
Naronic	1892	1892–1893	6,594 GRT
Bovic	1892	1892–1921	6,583 GRT
Gothic	1893	1893–1906	7,755 GRT
Cevic	1894	1894–1914	8,301 GRT
Pontic	1894	1894–1930	394 GRT
Georgic	1895	1895–1916	10,077 GRT
Delphic	1897	1897–1917	8,273 GRT

 

[Getty]

Cool find !! Try This site Elkington electroplate and silver plate: marks, hallmarks and date letters. Im thinking 1896 but cant really see the hallmarks on yours. Well done!

 

[K1DDO1979]

Believe this is Elkinton Silverplate - they did make cutlery for White Star ships. Elkinton had to stop using the crown in their mark in 1898 - so, that with the K date mark places this 1871-1897; ships in White Star fleet for those years include:

Atlantic	1871	1871–1873	3,707 GRT
Baltic	1871	1871–1889	2,122 GRT
Tropic	1871	1871–1873	2,122 GRT
Asiatic	1871	1871–1903	2,122 GRT
Republic	1872	1872–1910	3,984 GRT
Adriatic	1872	1872–1899	3,888 GRT
Celtic	1872	1872–1898	1,867 GRT
Traffic	1872	1872–1896	155 GRT
Belgic	1873	1873–1888	2,652 GRT
Gaelic	1873	1873–1896	2,685 GRT
Britannic	1874	1874–1903	5,004 GRT
Germanic	1875	1875–1903	5,008 GRT
Arabic	1881	1881–1915	4,368 GRT
Coptic	1881	1883–1908	4,448 GRT
Doric	1883	1883–1911	4,784 GRT
Ionic	1883	1883–1900	4,753 GRT
Belgic	1885	1885–1899	4,212 GRT
Gaelic	1885	1885–1905	4,206 GRT
Cufic	1885	1885–1896	4,639 GRT
Runic	1889	1889–1895	5,043 GRT
Teutonic	1889	1889–1921	9,984 GRT
Majestic	1890	1890–1914	9,965 GRT
Nomadic	1891	1891–1903	5,749 GRT
Tauric	1891	1891–1929	5,728 GRT
Magnetic	1891	1891–1935	619 GRT
Naronic	1892	1892–1893	6,594 GRT
Bovic	1892	1892–1921	6,583 GRT
Gothic	1893	1893–1906	7,755 GRT
Cevic	1894	1894–1914	8,301 GRT
Pontic	1894	1894–1930	394 GRT
Georgic	1895	1895–1916	10,077 GRT
Delphic	1897	1897–1917	8,273 GRT

Thanks for the info. A lot of ship between them years. I know they had souvenir spoons made but this looks like it went right in someone's pocket at the actual dinner table! Haha

 

[Garrett424]

What a neat old find.
I'm just imagining who may have used it.

Congrats.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Now that's cool!

 

[K1DDO1979]

The RMS Atlantic was a white star line ship that sank just off the coast of lower prospect ns in
1873 killing 535 people. I actually dug this in prospect near a old foundation fairly close to the shore. Wonder if it came off the ship?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Atlantic

 

[deepsecrets]

Might be worth checking out the museum in Halifax to see if they have any cutlery from the RMS Atlantic - interesting story about the gold onboard - eh?

 

[K1DDO1979]

 

[sutphin]

79. I JUST LEFT A COMMENT ON YOUR OTHER FINDS BUT NOW YOU HAVE POSTED ONCE AGAIN A SPOON FROM THE WHITE STAR LINES .

 

[K1DDO1979]

79. I JUST LEFT A COMMENT ON YOUR OTHER FINDS BUT NOW YOU HAVE POSTED ONCE AGAIN A SPOON FROM THE WHITE STAR LINES .

I found a coin also tonight and some other relics but I'll have to see if anything worth posting out of them yet! [emoji2]

 

[Erik in NJ]

Boy that's a shipping line with some history huh? That's a great looking spoon with all of those markings on it! Hope you can find out more about it! Deepsecrets comes through again with some amazing research. Is Elkinton still in business? Perhaps they can help. Great find!

 

[deershed]

Very Nice spoon!!

 

[UnderMiner]

Fantastic history behind this find! The poor White Star Line lost so many of its ships to disasters.
Brings to mind the curious case of Violet Jessop who was aboard and survived the sinking of three White Star Line ships. First Titanic, then Britannic, and then Olympic.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Was it all three? I thought it was just two of them she was on.

Fantastic history behind this find! The poor White Star Line lost so many of its ships to disasters.
Brings to mind the curious case of Violet Jessop who was aboard and survived the sinking of three White Star Line ships. First Titanic, then Britannic, and then Olympic.

 

[K1DDO1979]

I never heard of the violet jesop story. I'll have to check it out.

 

[K1DDO1979]

Update:
I did more research and tracked down the exact year of manufacture (1871) and I'm sure it came off the as Atlantic ship disaster as I dug it in the area of the disaster at a foundation along the shore that probably would have housed survivors or the spoon was looted off the ship. Here's a quick look at my research...

 

[WawaDuane]

That's pretty cool...nice find.