Need info on this spoon, Only one we know of so far is in the yale museum.

[eastcoastmetaldetecting]

Hello everyone,
Wife and I went out detecting. The wife dug a great find and we were looking for some more info on the spoon. There were only a few made of them 1911 night of templar & George Washington. If you have any other info please post. thanks again Mike & Dot Eastcoast metal detecting.

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

It would be a big help to see the manufacturers markings on the back side (just above the junction of the bowl with the handle).

 

[johnnyi]

http://www.icollect247.com/googsticker.php?UniqueID=2899

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Good ID Johnnyi. It appears to be a sterling souvenir F. A. WHELAN spoon from the Mount Vernon estate. They must have sold a lot of them because they are for sale all over the net. Heres one on eBay that sold for $24. http://cgi.express.ebay.com/sterlin...ryZ63621QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Masonic-SWORD-S...temQQimsxZ20091105?IMSfp=TL091105191008r16888

 

[Iron Patch]

At Yale and.... The Wild Hare Antique Mall!

 

[Iron Patch]

At Yale and.... The Wild Hare Antique Mall!

Hey. He didn't say WHERE at the Yale museum..
The kitchen is "technically" still in the museum....

...and I didn't say where at The Wild Hare Antique Mall.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Sorry, I guess its not an antique. It is however a Sterling silver collectible spoon and thats good.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

At Yale and.... The Wild Hare Antique Mall!

Hey. He didn't say WHERE at the Yale museum..
The kitchen is "technically" still in the museum....

...and I didn't say where at The Wild Hare Antique Mall.

I am STILL sick as hell, and I started laughing so hard it started a coughing fit. Thaanks IP..

Here Randy, drink some of this.

 

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

Here is a few web-sites I use to identify old eating utensils, it might not help in this case, that is a nice one you found.

http://www.silvercollecting.com/silvermarksR.html


http://www.silverpattern.com/patterns_in_sterling.htm

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont think its old and its not for eating. Its a souvenir collectors spoon.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I felt a bit uneasy about this because we never actually dated it other than we knew it wasnt 1700's.

I apologize, as it may indeed be 20th century antique. A search revealed the original F.A. Whelan patent in 1911. So it was made some time after then. For how long they made them, I dont know. The orginal patented spoons should have an Oct. 3, 1911 date or patent number. The patent expired in 7 years. A call to the Mount Vernon estate may solve this. Thay may still be sold today as repros of the 1911 patent..

http://www.google.com/patents?id=Bb...=1#v=onepage&q=spoon f. a. whelan&f=falsehis.