✅ SOLVED What type of spoon and how old?!

[SCDigginWithAK]

What type of spoon is this and how old. I know the company but I don't know the type of spoon. Gravy ladle? Sauce ladle?

 

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[BosnMate]

Yes, some sort of ladle. Seems small for gravy, I would think perhaps sauce or condiments. Long long ago and far far away I went on a tour of the Hearst Castle, and WRH had the ketchup on the table in bottles, to remind the guests they were camping. That tells me they didn't always serve that way, and they needed small ladles to dip out of a bowl.
Don't for a minute think I'm and expert on how rich people eat, it's just my swag.

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

Yes, some sort of ladle. Seems small for gravy, I would think perhaps sauce or condiments. Long long ago and far far away I went on a tour of the Hearst Castle, and WRH had the ketchup on the table in bottles, to remind the guests they were camping. That tells me they didn't always serve that way, and they needed small ladles to dip out of a bowl.
Don't for a minute think I'm and expert on how rich people eat, it's just my swag.

Lol thanks how old do you think?

 

[BosnMate]

I haven't got the foggiest on the age, not even a reasonable guess.

 

[Mekong Mike]

When i was a kid i visited william shakespears house in straford upon avon in england. They had ladles like that displayed in his kitchen. They also had a milk pitcher made from leather cowhide sewn together.

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[TheCannonballGuy]

I did a websearch for the maker's-mark on your ladle, "Sterling Stieff Pat", and found info which says the marking dates from the 1930s. Vintage Stieff Sterling Strawberry Serving Spoon from yellowgarageantiques on Ruby Lane

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

I did a websearch for the maker's-mark on your ladle, "Sterling Stieff Pat", and found info which says the marking dates from the 1930s. Vintage Stieff Sterling Strawberry Serving Spoon from yellowgarageantiques on Ruby Lane

Thanks CBG! We will say 1930s-1940s ill mark it solved

 

[DCMatt]

Betsy Patterson Stieff Sterling sauce spoon.



The original pattern is from 1932 but they made them up to 1991.

DCMatt

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

Hutsitedigger helped me out. It dates 1921 according to a markings index thingy