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dragonflywink Posts: 1006 Registered: Dec 2002	posted 06-19-2020 02:28 PM Have kept an eye out for this somewhat uncommon spoon for a long time and finally acquired one - it's quite lovely, measuring 4.75" long: Here is an 1891 article about it in the Jewelers' Circular, and though the handle is described as "a combination of twigs, buds and leaves", the 'buds' in the pattern appear instead to be hips: ~Cheryl [This message has been edited by dragonflywink (edited 06-19-2020).] IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1973 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 06-19-2020 06:47 PM How charming! IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2438 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 06-19-2020 07:03 PM The Legend of the Cherokee Rose may have already started when this pattern was made. Very interesting design and name. [This message has been edited by ahwt (edited 06-19-2020).] IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2438 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 06-19-2020 07:14 PM This design, as far as I know, does not have an interesting story to go with it as the Cherokee Rose pattern does, but they do have a similar vine handle. They probably were popular about the same time as the Wallace spoon. This one is a strawberry fork by Tiffany and Co. with a strawberry at the top of the handle. I think this pattern dates to the late 1800s or the early 1900s. Sometimes they are called strawberry and vine, but I think the vine pattern was really different. These I suspect were just made as strawberry forks. Tiffany made similar ones with blackberries on them. I do not know how these vine handles were made, but I suspect there was a lot of finish work for them. [This message has been edited by ahwt (edited 06-19-2020).] IP: Logged

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