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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 226709, member: 111&quot;]It is definitely Japanese, similar pieces generally accepted as post WWII, with their marks typical of the era.&nbsp; I have several single variants, and my Mom has three boxed sets - demitasse spoons with a regular oval bowls, made by Sakai, marked &#039;STERLING JAPAN&#039;; salt spoons with cherry blossom bowls, marked &#039;STERLING&#039;; and sippers with cherry blossom bowls and dangling charms, they are unmarked but test as sterling, and their box is from &#039;Joliffe&#039;s Oriental&#039; in Denver, dating them as no earlier than 1950.&nbsp; She also has a set of figural place-card holders, marked &#039;STERLING 950&#039; and &#039;MATUBA&#039;, along with the &#039;CPO-in-lozenge&#039; (Central Procurement Organization) mark used from 1946-48 - this mark can also be found on spoons like yours.&nbsp; Have seen the slender bamboo stems on early 20th century souvenir spoons, but without the figural finials...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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