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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 12-20-2005 04:25 PM
  
My latest coin silver teaspoons ("MORE spoons? That's it, I'm sending you to a sanitarium in Switzerland for a rest cure," say my husband) have notches in the handles. Does this say anything interesting about the where, when, who, etc. of their origins? I ask out of insatiable curiosity. Here's the more dramatic one, handle, front, and back: Here's the less dramatically notched one, handle, front, and back: They're both about 5 1/2 inches long, with unusually narrow bowls. The second one is stamped "E.P.L" (the P doesn't show up well in the photo, but it's there), and has a rubbed out monogram. The first one long ago lost its mark to some bozo with a buffer, though it retains its monogram. They're both light weight and much more slender than I've ever been, even as a teenager. Thanks, knowledgeable people. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 12-20-2005 04:40 PM
And here's the best photo I got of the mark on the slightly notched spoon: It's clearer in person; you can read the middle letter, a P. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 12-20-2005 06:12 PM
The mark is that of Edward P. Lescure who was in Philadelphia between 1822 and 1856. What's with the notches? See the posting in another thread (WM Rodgers). This particular handle shape is seldom encountered. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 12-20-2005 06:36 PM
Many thanks--you guys are the best. I wonder what caused Mr. Lescure to make notches in this particular spoon, especially such slight, almost imperceptible ones. Well, I'm glad he did, it's pretty. I also like its narrowness and lack of shoulders. IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 12-26-2005 12:49 AM
Caldwell in "Tennessee Silversmiths" shows on page 146 an interesting sauce ladle without a shoulder and with rather large notches in the side. This ladle is marked with Elijah M. Ringo's mark. Mr. Ringo was from Fayetteville, Lincoln County Tennessee and worked from 1824-50. Use of notches appears to me to be a rather rare design modification. As a point of interest, Lincoln County was named for the Revolutionary War hero General Benjamin Lincoln. IP: Logged |
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