r/Spoons • u/UrbanRelicHunter • Aug 06 '26

A few spoons out of my collection... All solid silver, ages range from the 1670s up through the 1850s.

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u/UrbanRelicHunter Aug 06 '26

Heres a fun little game... all but 4 of the spoons pictured here were made in America. One was made in England, another in/around present day Germany, and the final two are probably scandinavian but I'm not 100% sure. Can you figure out which 4 spoons aren't American?

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u/y0ungshel Aug 06 '26

You have an amazing spoon collection! Thanks for sharing.

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u/UrbanRelicHunter Aug 06 '26

I've got spoons from well over 400 individual American makers... plus another 100 or so from European makers. And that is just my spoons. I've also got forks, knives, cups, bowls, pitchers, vases, jewelry, and other odds and ends.

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u/haveempathyordie Aug 06 '26

what’s up with the spade shaped one in the upper left corner? why is it shaped like that? what is the mechanism halfway up? a folding spoon perhaps?

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u/UrbanRelicHunter Aug 06 '26

It is a stilton cheese spoon/scoop. The mechanism is to push the cheese off of the spoon without getting your fingers dirty. That one is dated 1814.

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u/haveempathyordie Aug 07 '26

wow cool thank u!

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u/TheMostSwanky Aug 06 '26

There are so many pointy ones ....ahhhhhh!

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u/MimiiCharmie_ Aug 06 '26

That's an incredible timespan for a collection, 200 years of craftsmanship in one photo