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Bergen, Norway, April 1865, by Samuel Olson Bratland (1830-1896; master 1858)

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The guarantee marks were used 1819-1838. The maker's mark was used 1824-1829, which properly falls within the range.

Thus, we can conclude that your spoon was made between 1824 and 1829.

Well, of course, anyone can be mistaken, but I stand by my assessment. While the first mark resembles the charge mark of JJ Prevost used 1762-1768, if it were genuine it would be accompanied by a warden's (jurande) mark in the form of a crowned letter, and a decharge mark of Prevost or his successor ...

Alas, these are not authentic French marks. They are fantasy imitation marks intended to create an aura of age. They are perhaps from Hanau, Germany, where the practice was common, but I do not associate this exact series of marks with a particular Hanau maker. I would check the piece carefully for ...

The mark is that of Bazile Chenaillier :

Born: 13 Jun 1779
Married: Anne Sophie Dehanne
Died: 12 Mar 1826

He registered his first mark - BC with a hummingbird and a thrush – on 17 Feb 1807, but changed the device to the running rabbit on 31 Aug 1824, which was cancelled on 2 Apr 1829. It was ...

Of the four makers with these initials listed in Ivanov's "Gold and Silversmiths in Russia", the only one working in Moscow was Nikolai Pavlovich Shishkov: "owned a gold and silverware shop, mentioned in 1913. Moscow"

The “P” charge mark did not come in to use until July 1784; the “U” here is the Paris jurande (warden’s) mark used July 1783-July 1784. The interlaced L’s is the charge mark here used by fermier Henri Clavel Aug 1782 – Feb 1789 in Paris on small silver and gold items. There should be a decharge mark ...

Franciszek Lorber (1806-1886). He served on the Tarnow city council from 1867 until his death, and as mayor of Tarnow 1861-1862 and deputy mayor 1882-1884. He was also president of the Tarnow Savings Bank.

Antoine Louis Anthiaume

Born: 23 Oct 1759, Paris, son of Jacques Anthiaume and Marguerite Charlotte Mignot
Married 1st: ca. Feb 1787, Paris, to Prudence Emilie Antoinette Lamarque (1768-1816); divorced 23 May 1797
Married 2nd: 15 Jan 1816, Paris, to Julie Therese Bardin (1774-1831)
Died: 12 Dec ...

Auguste Demophile Touron

Born: 7 Mar 1801, Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, son of Jean Baptiste Touron and Catherine Petit
Married: Claudine Janthial (d. 7 May 1836)
Died: 7 Jun 1868, Draveil, Essonne

He is still listed in Paris in 1842 as Touron et Cie, but in 1845 as Touron (successeur Parisot).

I concur; I don't think that is a French census mark. Rather, I think it is the Swiss "Edelwiss" import mark used 1917-1937. I would like to see a clearer photo. Neither the style of the piece nor the "950" mark are consistent with early 19th century France.

Francois Auguste Grattepain

Born: 7 May 1797, Paris, son of Paul Jean Grattepin & Jeanne Francoise Poult
Married: 23 Oct 1824, Paris, Reine Brun
Died: 25 Aug 1871, Paris

Pierre Hippolyte Fournerot

Born: 18 Oct 1804 [26 vendemiaire an XIII] Thil, Aube, son of Andre Fournerot & Anne Niot
Married: 15 Apr 1826, Paris, to Julienne Eleanore Gervaise (1803-1873)
Died: 5 Aug 1873, Paris

Mark: PF + a goblet & 2 stars, registered 3 Oct 1833, cancelled 11 Sep 1857

Ref ...

Kolberg Death Register for 1875, #88, records the death of Heinrich Wilhelm Beggerow, retired, age 77-1/2, husband of Maria Wulf, on 18 Apr 1875.

There was an article by Maurice Meslans in the Nov/Dec 2017 issue of Silver Magazine - "Mississippi Valley Silver, Part 7" - devoted to this mark where he attributes it to New Orleans silversmith Jacques LeDuff (ca.1769-1821). Most scholars of New Orleans silver - including the late Pat Bacot, Ellis ...

Francois Isaac Bertrand [later Bertrand-Paraud]

Born: Jul 1787, Paris
Married: 20 Sep 1812, Marie-Emilie Paraud (1795-1832), daughter of silversmith Pierre Paraud (1775-1812) and Marguerite Hoguet (1775-1866)
Died: 19 Apr 1832, Paris, old 8th arrondissement

He was a maker of liturgical wares ...

I work for an auction house as their silver specialist and I thought it might be helpful to add some context.

I am not familiar with this Dutch site, but note that there are two sorts of online auctions: one which the sellers themselves describe and post their items, and one which posts lots ...

Jacques Henri Fauconnier

Born: 1 Mar 1779, Longwy, Moselle (now Meurthe-et-Moselle), son of Jacques Francois Fauconnier & Marie-Josephe Tissier Martigny
Married: 31 Jul 1809, Paris, Esprit Celeste Adelaide Gaultier
Died: 12 Jan 1839, Paris, old 10th arr.

Arminjon [I:1750] has his mark as a ...

Brosse & Cie, 7 rue Froissart. Paris, registered 29 Oct 1913

Louis Robert, 7 rue du Temple, registered 14 May 1917