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Norwegian Silver Maker's Marks I

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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 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.

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Norwegian Makers' Mark Menu
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Firm or Maker	Maker's Mark	Location	Comments
Magnus Aase		Bergen	1876-1953 the firm was acquired by T. Olsens Eftf
Andresen & Scheinpflug		Oslo	.
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Øystein Balle		Stavanger	.
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Clement Berg		Oslo	late 19th/e20th C. (1920 - 1960 as C. Bergs Eftf.)

David-Andersen		Oslo	see link
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Odin Domaas		Trondheim	1885 - present
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Anna Greta Eker		Fredrikstad (Plus Workshop)	b.1928 see link
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Elvik & Co. A/S		Oslo	.
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Nils Erik Elvik		Oslo	b.1853-d.1935 mark is usually seen with a horse shoe around the letters
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Eric Christophersen		Sandnes	.

Ivar Solmund Freng		Oslo	(1866 - 1906) workshop active c.1885 - 1934
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Gustav Gaudernack		Oslo	(b.1865-d.1914) active c.1890-1938, after his death, the workshop was maintained by his widow.
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Alfred Halfdan Gjerstrøm		Oslo	1895-1960
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Ole G. Hæhre		Drammen	active 1870-1898
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Marius Hammer		Bergen	1847 - 1927
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Leif Johan Hansen		Bergen	(b.1911-d.1977), workshop active 1948-1977

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