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Wow, thank you all for your thoughts. Now that I know about Baleen, I'd love to know more about the piece as a whole. I've seen many examples of this style of ladle--is it common to find ones from this period and by this maker? I thought it was pretty miraculous that this one had survived unbroken.

OK--finally figured out the photos! I am grateful for the work that went into your Hanau pseudomark page and thought people might be interested in the marks on this piece, part of a tea/coffee service. It has the mark that matches the one on your site attributed to B. Neresheimer, but also the Germa...

Sorry to be such a newbie! Here are the photos:

Thank you for having this forum. I'm researching a silver ladle which has the IR DD mark that I gather represents the John Robertson-David Darling partnership, but the piece lacks any other marks. It appears to be hammered silver with a spiral twisted (not carved) handle of great delicacy (looks lik...