Hammered Danish Nouveau Coffee Set Marks & Date?

geranium · Post by **geranium** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:32 pm

Please help ID the maker, pattern, and date of this coffee set.
The hallmark appears to me to be D(hammer)A. An auction house expert suggested David Andersen but your list of marks does not have one like this. I've also seen similar silver items on e-bay etc. as DTA. The two very small marks in the center appear to be an elongated open circle and the other a 5-pointed star.
ATLA has been ID'd on a silver replacement site as the pattern name (although their picture was a very plain hammered flatware pattern). They listed the maker as Raavad. Radvaad is now owned by Fiskars and their site lists only cutlery. Is ATLA a pattern or something else like EPS?
ENERET is also listed as a maker but since googling it brings up a gazillion European law firms specializing in enerets, I'm guessing it just means registered, as a Danish/English dictionary says. Am I correct on this?
Thank you.

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Post by **dragonflywink** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:42 pm

ATLA is/was the silverplate division of Danish silver maker C.M.Cohr. The two-tower mark has been used on plated wares since the late 1800s. The D-hammer-A mark is for Dansk Arbedge (Danish works), a Danish trade association that promoted a campaign similar to "Buy American" in the U.S., believe its use started in the 1920s.

Cheryl ;o)

geranium · Post by **geranium** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:08 pm

What a find this site is! Thank you very much for your answer.

Geranium

set212 · Post by **set212** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:19 pm

ENERET in Danish means:
"To have the sole right to use".
Here it most probably means that ATLA have the sole right to utilize this particular pattern.
This is first time I have seen it printed on a piece of silver plated material.
Set212 — The old Dane