posted 05-11-2008 04:02 PM            

Unfortunately no marks. The handle is quite typical as a coin silver hollow handle, with period monogram, but I've never seen another with a bowl like this. The bowl is also coin silver; I suspect from the tarnish and metal colors that the flange was soldered onto a flat-worked bowl and tang, to be inserted into the hollow handle. The portion between the shoulder and the flange at the handle has a diamond-shaped cross section. Size is like a large teaspoon.

posted 05-12-2008 11:30 AM            

Here is a Jenny Lind Youth set, plus another Jenny Lind spoon of the same size and construction. The only mark on the youth set is the three part Albert Coles trademark on the blade of the knife; the other two pieces are unmarked, which explains your spoon; they weren't always marked. My separate spoon has a rare Albert Coles mark of just AC in a rectangle. I know there were other manufacturers who made hollow handle items in this time period, but Coles made it a specialty.

Anyway, all of the spoons here are actually child-size tablespoons, rather than teaspoons. Remember, up until the late 1800's the 8 inch tablespoon was a standard eating implement. Thus, a child would receive a scaled down version, small but still somewhat larger than a teaspoon.

Hope this helps!