| Sets of coffee spoons with different, but similar, designs were not uncommon. Durgin produced a series of them, although these were simple Antique pattern spoons featuring a fascinating variety of die-struck motifs at the top of the handles. I have seen sets where each spoon matched, as well as sets of which each spoon carried different a different motif. The spoons in my set are all the same motif: a fly perched atop a disproportionate fern frond. I have seen a host of other motifs in this "pattern", including flowers, birds, etc. All have been marked with the Durgin bird mark, and I would date them to 1880 or so. |
