Silver Spoon

Vintage Winthrop silver plate Gerber Baby spoon: Lead-Free, 14.7% silver! This is safe for babies to use! Do you have one?

Vintage Winthrop silver plate Gerber Baby spoon: Lead-Free, 14.7% silver! This is safe for babies to use! Do you have one?

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This was purchased at an antique store (for $12) and I don’t know how old it is. If you happen to have one of these at home (from your childhood) and know the year made, please let me know and I will update the post accordingly! Thank you. Gerber baby spoon – handle Zinc (Zn):…

Sterling silver Wendell Manufacturing Co. baby spoon, c. 1895-1900: 1,677 ppm Lead in the handle. 90 is unsafe.

Sterling silver Wendell Manufacturing Co. baby spoon, c. 1895-1900: 1,677 ppm Lead in the handle. 90 is unsafe.

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First I just want to say that I LOVE finding resources like this (link here) online! I was looking to identify the back mark of the little antique sterling silver spoon pictured here on this post and this “Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks” had not only a photo of the mark with the name of…