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Kiki123

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Love spoons
« on: October 12, 2012, 03:14:34 pm »
Hi... Our downstairs neighbor passed away a few weeks ago and when looking through some things his family gave us we found a love spoon... It is quite intricate and has three balls inside the handle and has a 5 link chain on the top with a padlock on the end (i would add a pic but im on a mobile)... We dont know anything about it really and were wondering if they are valuable at all?
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2012, 04:18:23 pm »
Mobile,s take pics....unless of course it like mine..in which case....you,d be better sending us a drawing...we need pics...by hook or by crook..or by mobile,.we need pics.....
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2012, 09:07:36 pm »
Would love to see a pic. Love spoons were typically Welsh in origin.  The caged/moving balls in the handle are very intricate and nice on these spoons.

Here's an example of one with the caged balls:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/87233676/american-folk-art-hearts-caged-ball-love
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2012, 09:16:24 pm »
Cool...I've never heard of these before!
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2012, 09:29:21 pm »
Take a picture on your phone and email it to yourself. Download and save to pictures and your all set.
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2012, 10:10:47 pm »
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2012, 12:04:55 pm »
Ive been sat all night trying to upload a photo and it just flat out wont work...sorry... Any idea if they are generally worth anything?
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2012, 12:51:36 pm »
Did you resize it? Make it smaller.
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2012, 12:59:55 pm »
Niki, you could also upload to a photo site, such as Photobucket then paste here.

Would be very interesting to see your spoon and compare it to this list of symbol meanings.

http://www.welsh-lovespoons.co.uk/meanings.html
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2012, 01:34:34 pm »
are you able to send pics by email,if yes then you can send them to one of us,as some of us have our email ad in our profile...just a thought
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2012, 01:42:05 pm »
Quote from: bigwull on October 13, 2012, 01:34:34 pm
are you able to send pics by email,if yes then you can send them to one of us,as some of us have our email ad in our profile...just a thought
yeah i can email pics... Who do i email it to?
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2012, 02:04:54 pm »
Kiki (sorry, wrote Niki earlier) any member who has an 'envelope' symbol below their name you are able to send to.  Go after wullie/bigwull, he started this   (runs and hides>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>)   :D
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2012, 03:43:41 pm »
Quote from: sapphire on October 13, 2012, 02:04:54 pm
Kiki (sorry, wrote Niki earlier) any member who has an 'envelope' symbol below their name you are able to send to.  Go after wullie/bigwull, he started this   (runs and hides>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>)   :D
em no very good at runnin ...but em a dab hand at hiding....just ask Avril..... ;D
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2012, 03:54:57 pm »
bigwull my boyfriend has sent you an emal with the picture :)
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Re: Love spoons
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2012, 04:03:29 pm »
Don't worry dear i've done it for you  8)
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