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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Frank, post: 837363, member: 5421&quot;]Years ago, my grandmother gave me her collection of souvenir spoons. Here are a few of them, and the only ones mounted in a frame (they are held in place with silk thread), and the identification notes she had for them (transcribed from original document in her handwriting):</p><p><br /></p><p>Souvenir Spoons in Frame</p><p><br /></p><p>Top row – left to right</p><p>1.&nbsp; Berlin – (Brandenburger Tor) – 800 REU.</p><p>2.&nbsp; Holland – “Nederland”– 800 REU.</p><p>3.&nbsp; Shakespeare – Shakespeare’s House – made in Birmingham, England – 1903-04.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Geneve – (Switzerland) – 800 S.M. – Depose.</p><p>5.&nbsp; “E.R. VII” – in bowl – Edward and Alexandra “Crowned 1902” on handle – hallmark not identified.</p><p>6.&nbsp; Havana – (hallmark illegible).</p><p>7.&nbsp; Bad Hurlsburg (Germany) – Reich silver mark – 800.</p><p>8.&nbsp; “R.M.S. Mauretania” – Made in Birmingham, England, 1907-08.</p><p>9.&nbsp; London – “St. Paul’s” – Made in Birmingham, England,1911-12.</p><p><br /></p><p>3 horizontal spoons – left side</p><p>1.&nbsp; (top) – Coffee spoon – marked “sterling” but made in England – date not specified.</p><p>2.&nbsp; (middle) – Harvard University – marked “sterling” – no date of make given.</p><p>3.&nbsp; (bottom) – Toronto – marked 925 – sterling but made in England.</p><p><br /></p><p>3 horizontal spoons – right side</p><p>1.&nbsp; (top) – Saratoga – marked “sterling” – (no date).</p><p>2.&nbsp; (middle) – Montreal, Canada – “Lachine Rapids” – marked “sterling” – made in 1901.</p><p>3.&nbsp; (bottom) – Anvers&nbsp; - (France) – made in Germany – Reich&nbsp; silver mark – 800.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom row – left to right</p><p>1.&nbsp; Wolfville – marked “sterling” but made in Germany.</p><p>2.&nbsp; Westminster Abbey – made in Birmingham, England – 1920-21. On the back of the handle is inscribed “to Mr. and Mrs. N from London”.</p><p>3.&nbsp; Hamburg – “Jungfernstieg” in bowl – 800.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Baden-Baden (on back of handle) – 800.</p><p>5.&nbsp; Munchen – (Germany) – 800.</p><p>6.&nbsp; Bern – (Switzerland) – Reich silver mark – 800. E S Geschutzi – maker.</p><p>7.&nbsp; Avranches – (France) – “Mont St. Michel” in bowl. 800 – other marks not identified.</p><p>8.&nbsp; Karlsbad – (Germany) – Reich silver mark.</p><p>9.&nbsp; Kingston – (Jamaica) – marked “sterling” – made in 1903.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]194723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]194724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]194725[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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