A couple of weeks ago, KC & IronLord asked about my Grandmother's spoon collection, which was in the background of a photograph on another topic. It's taken me a little bit to get this together. There are several parts to this, so I'll upload more photos of other pieces and photos of the people who owned them.
Here's my grandmother's spoon rack.
Here's what is in each of the rows, from left to right, by their markings:
ROW ONE:
"Bolles" - Bolles family spoon which belonged to my great-grandfather Joseph Bolles Ely Sr. Bolles is an earlier surname.
"Beloit 1908" (JBE on back) - My great-grandfather Joseph Bolles Ely Sr.'s college spoon
"CR" - My great-grandmother, Charlotte Richardson who married Joseph Bolles Ely Sr.
"August" (1915 on back) - My great-grandmother Ellen Louise Adams birthday month spoon, sent to her from the 1915 CA Expo.
"George" - My great-grandfather George Tisdale's spoon
"AEP" - My great-great-grandmother Ann Eliza Perkins spoon
Top row front sides:
Top row back sides:
MIDDLE ROW:
(Insignia) My great-grandfather Joseph Bolles Ely Sr.'s Beloit fraternity spoon
"CLE" My mother, Charlotte Louise Ely
(The Cinderella Spoons) - Pair of matching spoons, one marked "KT 1909" on the back, the other "Pewaukee". KT was my grandmother, Katherine Tisdale. This spoon was given to her on her third birthday. "Pewaukee" is my grandfather Joseph Bolles Ely Jr.'s baby spoon, Pewaukee WI being his birthplace. When my grandparents were engaged, my gr-grandmother Charlotte Richardson Ely gave my grandfather's baby spoon to my grandmother. She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw that the pattern matched her own baby spoon. She said that was the moment she knew that it was meant to be. She called these two "the Cinderella Spoons" ever after.
"AEP" - My great-great-grandmother Ann Eliza Perkins
(Not engraved yet) Gold-dipped demitasse spoon from my grandparents wedding set, to be engraved with RJW 1986, my son's initials and his birth year.
Middle row fronts:
Middle row backs:
BOTTOM ROW:
"FFA" - My great-grandmother Ellen Louise Adams' sister Fanny Fulton Adams. Fanny became one of the few female cartographers of her time and worked in Washington DC.
(Initials uncertain) - Spoon from my grandmother's family, her notes say the oldest in the collection.
(Coronation Spoon) - Spoon from the coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra, brought from England to my gr-grandmother Ellen Louise Adams by her cousin.
"IPT" - My great-great-grandmother Isabella Phoebe Tyson
"HLT" - My great-great-grandfather Hodijah Lincoln Tisdale who married Phoebe Tyson
"A" - Adams family spoon, according to my grandmother's notes, it is one of the oldest in the Adams family.
Bottom row fronts:
Bottom row backs:
Close-up on the coronation spoon:
