silverexpert
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posted on June 21, 2006 07:05:09 AM new
I need help from all of you experts out there....
Does anyone know who or what this is?
Thanks Fenix!!!
How do I do that?
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fenix03
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posted on June 21, 2006 07:15:40 AM new
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People put their hand on the bible, and swear to uphold the constitution. They do not put their hand on the constitution, and swear to uphold the bible.
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fenix03
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posted on June 21, 2006 07:20:05 AM new
Looks like a leprechaun to me.
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People put their hand on the bible, and swear to uphold the constitution. They do not put their hand on the constitution, and swear to uphold the bible.
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birgittaw
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posted on June 21, 2006 07:45:05 AM new
Reminds me more of a gnome. You may want to check what words come up more frequently in a search, regardless of what he really is.
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kiara
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posted on June 21, 2006 08:04:20 AM new
It's a board troll with a big spoon for stirring ........ 
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photosensitive
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posted on June 21, 2006 08:07:22 AM new
Wonder what the ladle is? If it is connected to a craft or profession it might be worth a mention. Also is that an upside down cauldron he is standing on? Looks like it to me. Is there a folk tale or fairy story about a gnome with ladle and cauldron?
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on June 21, 2006 08:11:25 AM new
If you look very carefully inside the spoon he's holding, you'll see a gnome holding a spoon, and that gnome's spoon will contain a gnome... 
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tOMWiii
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posted on June 21, 2006 09:04:16 AM new
According to Ralphie, that's: Stonecold!
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roadsmith
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posted on June 21, 2006 09:22:42 AM new
I'd call him a gnome because he looks mean. I always think of dwarves or elves as sweet-natured. Could be wrong, huh.
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sparkz
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posted on June 21, 2006 09:25:18 AM new
It looks like an instrument that would be found in the office of an Irish Proctologist.
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silverexpert
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posted on June 21, 2006 09:44:17 AM new
Thanks all for some great keywords (Gnome, troll) to research - but I can't help but think that it's some kind of fairy tale character.
Grimm Bros. or something....
In case the pictures aren't so clear:
He's standing on an upside down kettle or cauldron, and holding a large spoon or dipper (with a spout)
He's got pointy shoes & a striped shirt....
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twig125silver
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posted on June 21, 2006 10:30:50 AM new
kiara-
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birgittaw
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posted on June 21, 2006 08:21:01 PM new
He's not a troll. Trust me, I grew up with them and the Brothers Grimm, and it doesn't ring a bell. He's not benign enough for an elf. He could be an evil pixie.
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on June 22, 2006 07:48:53 AM new
How old do you think it is? I see other marks but can't read them. The way it is put together could make it very old? If you can date it, that would be a start in IDing it?
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birgittaw
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posted on June 22, 2006 08:18:19 AM new
If you do an eBay search or google search on "figural spoon" you will find similar examples, although I didn't find a gnome/elf/pixie etc. since I just did a cursory one. It would help to have the marks for manufacturer and possible date. Is the bowl of the spoon gold washed? Probably a souvenir spoon from ... some English speaking country.
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ewora
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posted on June 22, 2006 10:56:57 AM new
Rumplestiltskin?
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tabletopitems
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posted on June 25, 2006 11:39:49 AM new
FYI - I enlarged the picture that shows the mark on the bottom - and it would appear that this spoon was made by Gorham - that would make it a US made piece
It looks like an old Gorham mark - but I don't know them well enough to date it
(you probably know all this being the silver-expert and all....) 
The bowl indeed looks gold-washed, that may help you date it as well - at one point they stopped doing the "soft wash" with mercury.
ewora - that's a good call with Rumplestiltskin - according to one version of the story, he flies away on a spoon after the queen 'guesses' his name - but this guy doesn't look like he's about to fly away on this spoon, and what's the kettle all about?
anyway, 'expert, if you can come up with some sort of story for this guy - you should do better on auction - but you may want to wait until Sept. - the summer doldrums have hit early & hard.
but that's a different topic...
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twig125silver
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posted on June 25, 2006 04:21:59 PM new
If you look at his "ladle", there is a spout. There is the kettle, on top of which there is a pan. For centuries, gold was panned for, not mined. There is a pan on the kettle. Pan the gold, melt the ore in the kettle, transfer molten gold with the ladle into a mold.
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on June 25, 2006 06:18:05 PM new
I was thinking along the line of blacksmithing or silver smithing - but gold smithing or mining make more sense. Could it be from the gold rush or something? If the mark was readable - I have a book with most of Gorham's marks and dates so I would be happy to look it up for you.
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paloma91
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posted on June 26, 2006 09:08:12 AM new
Gorham Marks Link below
http://www.925-1000.com/Gorham_Date_Code.html
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