sterling silver spoon

Tennessee Treasure Hunter · Mar 23, 2011

had a little time before the rain hit at my house/barn spot.
the back of the spoon has a script ? like: NY & A J Co,,,I think!

cntrydncr1 · Mar 23, 2011

nice spoon!! I seem to only find plated ones

BARGuy · Mar 23, 2011

Those are probably the initials of the distributor that sold it. My aunt had a collection of 30-40 of those...one from every state she'd been in.

DR

mainer · Mar 23, 2011

Cool spoon. :icon_thumright:

thrillathahunt · Mar 23, 2011

cntrydncr1 said:
nice spoon!! I seem to only find plated ones

Me too.

Cool spoon!

ewcoinhunter · Mar 23, 2011

Great find, congrats! :icon_thumright:

treasurefiend · Mar 23, 2011

Great find on the spoon, all's I seem to find is either plated or stainless. :tongue3:

Mackaydon · Mar 23, 2011

A similar spoon being sold here:
http://www.icollect247.com/itempage.php?uniqueid=11350

ModernMiner · Mar 23, 2011

Very cool spoon. I've never found any that nice.
Congrats,
MM

steelheadwill · Mar 23, 2011

Great Spoon! I see a cool buckle too, Nice Digs :thumbsup:

Dman · Mar 23, 2011

That's a nice find.

VOL1266-X · Mar 23, 2011

That's a fancy one TTH. WTG and HH, Quindy.

faderdave · Mar 23, 2011

Nice spoon.I have some silver spoons but none like that...

CMDiamonddawg · Mar 23, 2011

spoon and buckle ...nice hunt Tenn :headbang:

8)

chefrider · Mar 23, 2011

WTG, TTH send it this way if you don't want it. :laughing9:

Tennessee Treasure Hunter · Mar 23, 2011

(what I found)
The Watson Co. was established in 1874 in Attleboro, Massachusetts and had showrooms in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. They are known for making sterling souvenir spoons, flatware, hollowware and glass mounted with silver. The Thomae Co was a division of The Watson Co. The top mark is that of a flag with an "H" in the center.

(what the guy sent me on it)

I believe you are correct about the mark being used by the Mechanics Sterling Company (division of the Watson & Newell Company). They also made a lot of souvenir spoons. This mark was used from 1896 to about 1920. The way of your lettering and spoons design I
would put your souvenir spoon as one of the earlier one produced.

Tennessee Treasure Hunter · Mar 23, 2011

BARGuy said:
Those are probably the initials of the distributor that sold it. My aunt had a collection of 30-40 of those...one from every state she'd been in.

DR

you are correct....I did find the maker (needed a loupe)