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“Hidden” Messages on Flatware
Figures 7, 7a, 8, 9, and 9a

Fig. 7 (Click to Enlarge)

Figs. 7 and 7a. Cheese scoop and berry spoon in a pattern known descriptively as Good Luck by the Whiting Manufacturing Co., circa 1890-1900. “GOOD LUCK” is inscribed from top to bottom by stylized vines applied over four-leaf clovers. Cheese scoop stamped on the stem reverse with “(lion holding W) / STERLING / 3,” length 8 5/8 inches. Berry spoon stamped on the stem reverse with “23 / (lion holding W) / STERLING / D. F. FERO,” engraved on the stem reverse with “NAH,” length 8 3/4 inches.

Fig. 7a (Click to Enlarge)

Fig. 8 (Click to Enlarge)

Figs. 8. Asparagus fork in the same Whiting pattern as in Figs. 7 and 7a. Stamped on the stem reverse with “(journeyman’s mark?) / (lion holding W) / STERLING / HOWARD & CO,” length 10 inches. Collection of Dr. Dale Bennett. Photo by Alamo Photolabs, San Antonio, TX.

Fig. 9 (Click to Enlarge)	Figs. 9 and 9a. Melon fork in a custom pattern by Tiffany & Co., circa 1905. The handle is sterling, functional end silverplate. The monogram “WBS” is inscribed from top to bottom within the etched design. Handle stamped around its base with “TIFFANY & Co. / MAKERS / STERLING / C.” The functional end is unmarked. Length 7 5/8 inches.
Fig. 9a (Click to Enlarge)

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