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<p>[QUOTE="Frank, post: 10307683, member: 5421"]Hello, y'all! I haven't posted in a while, but I've been lurking...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]517739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517741[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517742[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517743[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517745[/ATTACH] My grandmother gave me a pile of souvenir spoons when I was about 10 years old. Among those spoons (which I still have, but don't know what to do with) was this pair, depicting Napoleon and Josephine. While I was away at college, my mother took it upon herself to give these to my brother as a wedding present. My brother passed away in 2000, and recently my sister-in-law returned these to me, along with a boxful of sterling items and another box of silver plate items that they were given when my mother's estate was settled. </p><p><br /></p><p>They are about 11 inches, but I don't have a scale to weigh them. Napleon has hallmarks that I think are German, and Josephine is only marked "Sterling".</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few other items of interest that I'll put in separate threads, but I thought I'd start with these.</p><p>Any thoughts on age? I'm thinking 1920ish?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Frank, post: 10307683, member: 5421"]Hello, y'all! I haven't posted in a while, but I've been lurking... [ATTACH=full]517739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517741[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517742[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517743[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517745[/ATTACH] My grandmother gave me a pile of souvenir spoons when I was about 10 years old. Among those spoons (which I still have, but don't know what to do with) was this pair, depicting Napoleon and Josephine. While I was away at college, my mother took it upon herself to give these to my brother as a wedding present. My brother passed away in 2000, and recently my sister-in-law returned these to me, along with a boxful of sterling items and another box of silver plate items that they were given when my mother's estate was settled. They are about 11 inches, but I don't have a scale to weigh them. Napleon has hallmarks that I think are German, and Josephine is only marked "Sterling". There are a few other items of interest that I'll put in separate threads, but I thought I'd start with these. Any thoughts on age? I'm thinking 1920ish?[/QUOTE]
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