Sterling tea caddy spoons

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lrtate
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Sterling tea caddy spoons

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Need help identifying a silver caddy spoon maker, country of manufacture, and approximate year or period. The first photo shows the hallmarks of a ship with three sails, the word STERLING, and two slightly overlapping circles with a sans serif capital B within each. The second shows the front of the spoon. I've located photos of a similar spoon currently on eBay with the same "double dolphin" stem, but with a sailing ship at the tip and a scene within the spoon showing a man and woman carrying either side of a short wooden barrel with fish in it. Their dress appears to be of the same period as the pointing man shown in this spoon. Am sending photos of the second spoon in a separate message as reply to this message.
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Post by lrtate »

Here is a similar spoon found online. Stem and basic bowl design are the exactly the same, however the stem tip and design within the bowl differ. The first spoon's hallmarks were on the upper back of the bowl, while this spoon's hallmarks are on the reverse of the boat along its siderail.
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Re Sterling tea caddy spoons

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Forgot to mention that the hallmarks on the second spoon are a windmill, the word STERLING, and two slightly overlapped circles possibly with letters with them (the image is not clear enough to discern them).
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Post by Waylander »

Your maker could be Binder Brothers, NY, NY. Their mark was two capital B's in overlaping circles (like the Mastercard logo I dare to add).

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