Bob bons....mints...nuts...but wash quickly if they are salted...
It's about 1890.to maybe 1920...
Are you sure that's all the marks? Can you post a good picture of the mark?

Hmmmm....appears that's all there is....
Donno....suggest you send a photo to Replacements.com
Why do you want to know? Time frame is the same, no matter who made it and the value is about the same....depending on weight of the piece.

Thank you for your input-appreciate it! Just curious! Fun for me track down marks, figure out makers, dates, etc. And I actually use the pieces I find!

I sent pictures to Replacements.com. Will be fun to see what they say!

Maybe it's a Mote spoon

Perhaps a tomato server?

Nope -- a tomato server is flat and round

LOL!!...It's a candy server....bon bon spoon
ps://www.google.com/search?q=antique+sterling+bon+bon+server&rlz=1C1PQHB_enUS634US642&source

Bon Bons must have been the "in" thing to serve guests! I have neither served them nor been offered any! Really pretty spoons, though!

Basically, chocolates (like the ones Whitman's, Russell Stover's and See's sell) are bonbons. Another time and another name. Often at more formal dinners, chocolates were on the table to munch on with coffee after dessert -- hence the bonbon spoon.

And also used for after dinner mints. Very often at a dessert and coffee occasion, there would be a bowl of mints and a spoon to put a few on your plate.

It's quite amazing that there used to be spoons for everything

It was a conspicuous consumption thing that was huge in Victorian and Edwardian times. Silverware sets used to be much simpler and you could tell in Victorian times who had old family silver and who had new silver (ie was probably nouveau riche) because the fishknives didn't quite match the old silver, being a new innovation back then.

I was told that all of the "new" serving pieces were to keep the nouveau riche on their toes -- hopping to get the latest in serving utensils or individual items (say strawberry forks for example) Of course, in those days, those with money had servants so they didn't worry about having to wash and dry 15 pieces of silver that each person used at dinner! LOL!

Is it "Angelo" by Knowles?

It's in great shape, but then who really wears out a bonbon spoon?

It sure looks like it....which is very surprising to me...because that was issued in 1910 and I collect ( amass?? LOL!) Gorham wreath which was issued in 1911....and is very Edwardian in style....and so far I have not found things like macaroni servers and fish servers and bon bon spoons. It's all pretty straightforward simple lines.

I think you are right! Looks like Angelo.

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Manufacturer: JB & SM KnowlesPattern Name: Angelo (Sterling, 1910)Pattern Code: JSKANGPiece Name: Bon Bon ScoopPiece Code: BONSC Size: 5 Inches Length
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Didn't we tell you? LOL!

Yep! Y'all are sooo smart!

Sometimes...."wink" "wink"....This one was easy!

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