Silver Plated Tablespoon (c.1895)

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1972.7.5j

Date 1895

Description Tablespoon or dessert spoon, silver plated WB / W spoon, tip is misshapen, silverware, flatware. 1972.7.5 is a set of cutlery, but it does not all match. WB / W - Trademark 1895. May stand for 'Wallace Brothers, Wallingford'. The Wallace Brothers were the sons of R. Wallace. They had formed their own company, Wallace Brothers in 1871 and merged with R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing Co. in 1879.

Materials Metal (Silver Plated)

Marks/Labels "900 WB / W" stamped into handle

Category Tools and Equipment for Materials, Food Service T&E, Tablespoon