Silver spoon help ?

Hi all. Picked up this 5 1/4 inch long spoon and as usual cant make heads nor tails of the marks. I do try,I swear ! Is this some sort of invalid spoon ? The small bowl is odd to me. Any help is always appreciated .

 

It's plated. Probably English. Let me see if I can find out who.

 

Baby spoon, maybe? That is a very tiny bowl.

 

You got it, INH!

 

Of course she did.

 

Many thanks ! As usual you all are awesome !

 

This spoon is so weird, pretty sure someone modified it from a pair of large sugar tongs - and the reason for the marks being on the front, the proportionally small bowl, what appears to be a slight concavity look to the top, etc. Also looks like maybe a bit of grinding or filing by the bowl, would guess they took the shoulders off to narrow the stem...

~Cheryl


These tongs are about 5.3" long:







https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Antique-Silver-Plated-Sugar-Tongs-By-William-Page-c1880-s-034-C-034-Date-Letter-/223778236121?nma=true&si=cWU%2FGSEFdplDf0Cicjx4F%2Bk1rDQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557


This is where I see grinder, file or maybe saw marks:

 

Oh wow ! I think your right ! Isnt that interesting . The question now is why ?

 

Probably just repurposing a damaged item, could call it a 'make-do' - once tongs like that are broken, they're pretty much done, might be worth trying to repair silver, but not for plated goods...

~Cheryl

 

'Past Imperfect' - a site with make-dos that I've enjoyed for years: http://blog.andrewbaseman.com/

~Cheryl

 

That is fun ! Talk about a rabbit hole.