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Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks

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Norwegian Silver Maker's Marks III

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Hallmarks have been used in Norway since the Sixteenth Century. The system included, at various times and in various combinations; city marks, assayer's marks, date letters, date numbers, and maker's marks. The farther a piece was made from the main population centers of Oslo (Christiana), Bergen and Trondheim, the more likely there were to be mark inconsistencies. For centuries, the bureaucracy in control of silver marking seesawed between the Crown and the Silver Guilds, but in 1891, a simplified national system was finally established that is still in use today.

The current system requires only a silver standard mark accompanied by a maker's mark. The old Norwegian standard of .830 purity silver is still used, but beginning around 1920, .925 purity began replacing it and is now the foremost standard in use. Town names are sometimes included with the required marks and the letters "NM" (Norsk Mønster) are sometimes seen on flatware, this abbreviation is an indication of design patent or copyright.
Below are illustrations of marks used by many of the latter 19th and 20th century silver producers of Norway. I will add to the page as I find or am sent mark illustrations.

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Norwegian Makers' Mark Menu
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A - H H - K K - O O - W

{If a maker's name is underlined, it will link to images of their work}

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Karl A. Rasmussen	Oslo	.
Brødrene Lohne	Bergen	.
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Thorvald Marthinsen Sølvvarefabrikk	Tonsberg	Bottom mark used c.1900 - 1925
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Bernard Meldahl	Oslo	d.1950, succeeded by H. Myhre
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Hans Myhre	Oslo	Myhre eventually (c.1950) bought out both the Bernard Meldahl & Hroar Prydz firms
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Einar Modahl	Oslo	.
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Henrik Møller	Trondheim	(b.1858 - d.1937)
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Arne Nordlie	Oslo	.
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Brødrene Mylius	Kragerø	The "NM" {Norsk Mønster} is a generic mark, translates roughly as design copyright
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Haakon Schanke Nielsen	Bergen	founded 1940s
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Norsk Filigransfabrikk	Oslo	1889-1906 & 1910-1931
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Theodor Olsens Eftf	Bergen	bottom mark is earliest, attributed to Theodor Olsen
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H. C. Østrem A/S	Drammen	.

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