This is a pair of antique coin silver fiddle spoons I recently purchased at the TS. I often look for these old fiddle spoons, forks, etc... in the flatware bins and I find them fairly often, at least often enough to look for them now and then.
Anyways, they measure about 6" in length and weigh around 24 +/- grams each. On the back of the spoons they are stamped "A.L. ZINDEL" with no other maker marks.
I'm guessing the spoons may be American made from the early to mid 1800's and made from coin silver. I've searched high and low for who A.L. Zinder is but can't find anything on the name.
Does anyone know who A.L. Zinder is, where they are from and what time period they may have been a silversmith?
Thanks!
Kevin