Spoon, dessert; Potosi Silver Co; [?]; CT80.1198h
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Spoon, dessert
About this objectDessert spoon; a silver dessert spoon with fiddle pattern handle. The hallmarks on the back of the handle suggest that it was manufactured in Birmingham by the Potosi Silver Co.
Maker Maker RoleManufacturer
Date Made[?]
Place MadeEurope, United Kingdom, England, West Midlands, Birmingham
Medium and Materialsprocessed material, metal, silver
Inscription and MarksStamped on the back of the handle: '[bird in a shield] / B / 2 / LS / Rd. / POTOSI SILVER L&S'
Measurementsh 35mm x l 177mm x w 41mm
Subject and Association Keywordstechnology, home economics, dining-room service
Subject and Association Keywordstechnology, manufactures, metal manufactures. metalworking
Subject and Association Keywordstechnology, home economics, the house
Credit LineFrom the collection of Owaka Museum Wahi Kahuika The Meeting Place "a rest on your journey"
Object Type Object numberCT80.1198h
Copyright Licence CommentsThis object is from
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I found this identical spoon 40 years ago(although it is over 8inches long)in Salvage, Newfoundland. It was on our property wedged in some rocks in a cove and I still have it today. Does it have value?
http://myvimu.com/exhibit/54708532-lyzka-irir ???
I have a set of 6 with all the markings
Potosi Silver - 5 markings as the 5 markings the same as on the Internet
All desert spoons are have on the front a letter "J" engraved
I live in UK