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Hello,
its a interesting ladle, but not from Russia.
The letters of the makers mark are greek (it looks like "ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟ" , STEFANO).

Regards, Ringo

I see some chronological problems. Could it be the mark of Stoundre sen.?

Hello, the spoon is from Copenhagen, the assayer is, like you wrote Christopher Fabritius (1749 -1787) and the makers mark is the mark of Jean Pierre Stoundre (Stunder), ca. 1763-1822 (Bøje Københaven, p. 197). J. P. Stoundre is quite young, may be to young to be assayed by Christopher Fabritius (?)...

Hello,

the "FRYTAG" mark belongs most probably to August Heinrich Freytag (born 1789) from the city Elberfeld.
(Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmiede Rheinland-Westfalen, p. 206)

Regards, Ringo

Hello Qrt.S, at first - I have no idea. But I would suppose, that your spoon could be made under stylistic influence of scandinavien 19th century spoons like this: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011023727865/matsked?i=17&aq=descname%3A%22Matsked%22 or this: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php...

Hello DHay, surely the engraved marksmen-target on the handle shows, that the spoon was a prize on a marksmen's festival. Such engraved marksmen-targets and engraved young rat tails after 1800 I know from Northern Germany. Old-fashioned looking spoons were often used as such prize ( like this from 1...

Hallo silverfan, sorry that I wrote fork instead spoon. I see no reason to doubt the date. Probably you know the Augsburg date letter list in Rosenberg ("X" was used 1775-1777, 1812 and about 1837). Based on my experience, that the marks on Augsburg spoons wich were made at the time of the...

Hello, I think the fork is from 1812 and to my knowledge only the goldsmith Johann Baptist Brücker /Brucker (Master 1804, died after 1811) comes into consideration Another Goldmith who worked still in the early 19th century and could have had a "IBB" mark was Johann Baptist Bernlocher. But...

Hello Hose_dk, I think the situation is a little more complicated. Holstein was until 1806 part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Since 1773 the Danish King became Duke of Holstein. So he was in this function a vassal of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. After the Napoleonic era sin...

Hello, all this spoons were made by Paul Hansen (1753-1830). He used different "PH" marks. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg His son Peter Andreas Hansen (1786-1855) was also goldsmith in Tondern. His mark was "PAH" https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg Paul Hansens nephew,...

here is another interesting example of this such late 18th century spoons, also made by the same maker:

Hello,

it was made by Peter Hansen I from the city Tondern in southern Denmark. Such kind of spoons I only know from there.

Best regards,
Ringo

Hello,
I would suppose, that it is a mark from Porto.

Kind regards,
Ringo

Hello moonshine,
I think it is the city Schwäbisch Hall.

Kind regards, Ringo

Hello Ubaranda,

thanks. I know him, Scheffler mentioned this Goldsmith. Since 1822 he was back in Germany and worked in Brunswick. He became master in 1804. That is to late. Furthermore St. Petersburg mark is different (round).
So I dont think, that he has made the spoon.

Kind regards,
Ringo

Hello Ag2012, thanks for the tip, but I have neither seen an Osnabrueck-mark on this place (end of the handle) nore a tremulierstich. So I don`t think that this is an Osnabrueck mark. here is an example from Osnabrueck from the same time: https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg regards, Ringo

Hello,
has anyone an idea about this mark? Most probably the spoon is from (middle or east ?) Germany.

Best regards,
Ringo

Hello,
I suppose the origin of the spoon somewere in the south-west German / Swiss / Alsace region. May be I am wrong; it is only a gut feeling.

regards, Ringo

Hello moonshine,

I presume the spoon was made in Norway in the 18th century.

Kind regards,
Ringo

Hello SilverK,

the salière was made 1794 by Philipp Friedrich Bruglocher from Augsburg (Seling No. 2531, p.654).

regards, Ringo