| Show First Spoons in America Date as Far Back as 1624 I The first form of spoon which we associate with America is the Puri Puri- Puritan Puritan Puritan tan spoon writes Alice R. R Rollins in the Los Angeles Times John Hull of Boston 1683 1624 made such Uch f spoons Other early silver silver- silversmiths silversmiths silversmiths smiths were John Coney 1722 1655 John Edwards 1791 1670 and the patriot Paul Revere 1818 1735 Spoons with flat handles the ends or notched were made until un un- until until til about 1730 The 1750 1730 spoons are arc distinguished by the tail rat-tail so- so called from a well-defined well ridge extending ex ex- extending extending tending down the back of the bowl resembling the tail of a rat About 1750 2750 the tail was cut off oft and what we know as the drop or double drop was substituted Soon after this the bowl became more pointed and the handles turned back instead of toward the front In the first part of 1700 a new form of spoon appeared The handle still dill bent forward vard but it was thicker and more rounded at the top and down the middle of the front was a decided ridge Seventeen hundred and thirty marks the beginning of the cut bright-cut decoration Coffin bandIes handles belong to the first ten years of 1800 Then we have the fiddle- fiddle back handles with which we are all allmore allmore allmore more or less familiar Previous to the Revolution many of our silversmiths marked their work by impressing their initials or Initial and surname For some time after niter the war in order to satisfy their patrons who might prefer Eng- Eng English English lish bsh silver they simulated certain of the English marks such as the anchor the lion and the crown That Thatis is why we find some of our early silver so marked |
