Oneida Community Spoon Rings: History, Value & Identification

Question
My friend has a spoon ring and on the inside groove it says "oneida community". I was wondering what you could tell me about it. I looked it up on google and found out they were some kind of church and eventually started manufacturing silverware. I also found out that the company's name was "oneida community" from 1899-1935 until it changed it's name to "oneida limited". So i was wondering about how much you think it might be worth but any information you can give would be helpful. Thanks.


Answer
Hello Charles and thank you for your inquiry. Spoon rings always enjoy popularity and can vary widely in price depending on whether they are made from sterling or silverplate. Oneida is one of the makers of silver plate cutlery. Here is a link to the rings offered at ebay.com.  Just copy and paste it into your browser address field and hit enter:

http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZspoonQ20ringsQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ

Here is another site that has a good selection with prices listed:

http://www.zulumoon.com/results_subCategory.asp?tSubCatID=103&tcatID=SR

Hope this helps !