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>> just to make clear that these Luktevannshus (Norway), Hovedvandsaeg (Denmark) and Riechdosen (Northgermany) were normaly no expensive objects. There are some >> exeptions for the rich but the common buyer was poor to very poor. Postnikov, thanks for the additional information, and for, I think, v...

I return to document a MINDBLOWING COINCIDENCE (and hat's off to Ringo for earlier pointing us in the right direction). While there is no doubt that, as noted in my previous post, that the script on this spoon, upside down, has an uncanny resemblance to the word "India", I can now report t...

I put up a hypothesis for demolition, and y'all did not disappoint. Thank you. And thank you, silverport, for the welcome. I'll put up another overblown hypothesis at the end of this message, hoping that y'all will do an equally fine shot of smashing it. By way of introduction, I am a treasure hunte...

Ringo, thank you very much. I am still very new to this area, and am frankly stunned by the information you have provided. It seems such a "modern" and "arts and crafts" type of sensibility, that to think it might date from the 1840's will necessitate a re-think on my part, and r...

My suspicion is that someone took a circa 1870 spoon and tarted it up nicely with jewels and engraving in 1892 for use as a wedding present. Can anyone refute this? Does anyone know of comparable jeweled work from circa 1870?

Dartsil, I was able to solve the script puzzle fairly quickly. If you flip your pic upside down, you'll see that the
script spells out I-n-d-i-a in a clever psuedo-Hindi font. Love the spoon by the way, Will K
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