Maybe my Navy readers can shed some light on this. This was found buried under where my deck used to be. The deck was installed in the late 60s early 70s the house build in the 1920s.
Not sure if the spoon was bent by somebody, bent when it was buried or discarded, or if it was always like that. Crazy shiny right out of the ground, so I assume its stainless and non silver.
Looks like a Navy spoon to my untrained eyes. Anybody know more about these things, its kinda neat!
All sorts of stuff surfaced when they dug up the yard. Lots of old china pieces and coal cinders probably from when the house had a coal shoot and a coal boiler.
Well I’m holding on to my new treasure until Dr. Indiana Jones tells me it belongs in a Museum!
Gravy Ladle?
Yeah, judging from the size of the spoon, I’d go with some kind of ladle. Would help if there was a 12 inch rule next to it so as to judge its scale. ; )
It’s slightly larger than a larger table or soup spoon.
I think you guys could be right.
On the road now, so no pix for you! 😉
Definitely US Navy spoon, but I would say a cream ladle, too small for a soup or gravy ladle. Is it more circular than elongated? Hard to tell from the picture.
Brings back memories of US Naval Station Keflavik and the mess hall! Lots of silverware that looked just like that!
Officers mess had real silver, but the pattern was the same.
LOL, This is why I threw the pictures up on the blog, because I knew I’d get cool info.
More pix when I get home next week.
My favorite fork was that same pattern, given to me by a Naval officer after eating in their mess one day with him. Perfect balance, real silver. (I was an Air Force brat, and his son and I were friends, thus we ate with him one day in the Officers mess).