Silver spoon ID

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fishnfowl
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Silver spoon ID

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I nedd help ID this spoon. The hallmark is SH. There looks like a dot mid way between the letters. The bowl appears to have been hammered into shape. Am I wrong? The handel design is very delicate
I can't thank the members of this forum enough for helping me identify my spoons. Hubby wanted to sell them all for scrap which got me into researching them. Thanks so much!
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Re: Silver spoon ID

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Take a look here and see what you think: http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_H.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Silver spoon ID

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Might be but letters seem closer together. I try to get better photo of mark.
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Re: Silver spoon ID

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Great looking spoon, especially the engraving.
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Re: Silver spoon ID

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silverly wrote:Great looking spoon, especially the engraving.
The engraving impresses me as very typically American circa 1800, which might help to point to Stephen Hardy as the maker. His S<pellet>H mark as shown in Ensko is not rendered precisely enough to definitely confirm or deny this attribution, but it is the best fit that I can see offhand, FWIW.
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Re: Silver spoon ID

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Do also remember that the maker's mark punch may have been replaced over the years and slight changes do happen.
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