Some more sterling silver! What is this spoon made out of??

Spartcom5

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Picked up a couple more pieces of sterling, adding on to the $3 bowl I found that other day 248 grams. I spent $8 on these spoons and got 75 grams worth of sterling. Gorham Rondo from 1951 and a Steiff spoon from 1970. However I have this very interesting CWF marked spoon. It is very flexible and it's made out of some type of metal.... not silver, but what? Any idea? Looks very old and I can't really make out what the decorative part stands for. Ideas?
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That's pretty cool. Never seen anything like that with the exception of as a movie prop in the Matrix. the spoon is not real
 

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Is it lightweight? Looks aluminum in color. How easy does it bend compared to the sterling? Could also be pewter but the color isn't right. Have you actually tested it for silver content?
 

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Looks like Alpaca. Steiff made Sterling?
 

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Could be a pewter spoon...
 

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Could be a pewter spoon...

No it is clearly marked Sterling and from your link there earlier stuff was struggling so there's no doubt it's Sterling. All I ever see if Steiff is pewter
 

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I had a pewter candle snuffer that would bend like that just by picking it up.
 

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