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Spoons by Elijah M. Ringo of Tennessee
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Set of 4 tablespoons, c1830 - downturned fiddle handles, small square shoulders, lightly engraved feathered script mono W O on front; 8-3/8" long, heavy gauge silver. Condition is fine, with a touch of tipwear; marks lightly struck, in one case poorly struck. See "Tennessee Silver" by B.H. Caldwell for a discussion of Ringo's career in Fayetteville, Lincoln County.
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