civil war type spoon
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del
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well Jim its hard to tell much from that picture 
, most spoons have a maker's mark on the back right in the middle and that will give the best indicator of the age . if it doesn't have one then composition and shape are your next best at determining the era. yours although it hard to tell looks like it has some reddish areas on the metal (possibley from a copper composition) is there any silver plating or wash on it :huh: pewter would be a very light greay to dark grey in color and brittle looking. any way you could get a couple of clear shots for us to see.
Dan
, most spoons have a maker's mark on the back right in the middle and that will give the best indicator of the age . if it doesn't have one then composition and shape are your next best at determining the era. yours although it hard to tell looks like it has some reddish areas on the metal (possibley from a copper composition) is there any silver plating or wash on it :huh: pewter would be a very light greay to dark grey in color and brittle looking. any way you could get a couple of clear shots for us to see.Dan
coinnut
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A lot of colonial spoons were pewter, but there must have been some copper ones too. The nubs above the bowl have always made me think it was older than CW and I always thought of them as around 1820's (as a general guess). So it is an old spoon, but how old would be left up to the spoon experts. lol
