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...five years later and a little more wiser I probably found the origin of this spoon. It seems to be made in Horneburg, Lower Saxony from one of the three known gold smithes with a family name beginning with "K" (F. E. Klein, J. B. Kohl or J. C. Krull; cf. Scheffler p. 856). Indicative In...

Hello Steve,

the other mark is not "HA" but "VH". It is Villads Hansen from Næstved in Denmark.

Regards,
Ringo

Hello Peter, there was a gold smith Claus Otzen from Haderslev / Hadersleben in Denmark with the mark "CO". The most pieces I know from him are marked with double "CO". Here an example: http://soelvske.dk/Web/Byer/Haderslev/Claus+Otzen He died 1806 and to my opinion the ladle was...

Hello hankdurschlag, it is only a feeling, but there are some indications that let me think your box was made in Silesia. I think "FR" is not the makers mark but the city mark. The use of letters ore letter combinations as city marks was common in Silesia. But there are about 10 citys begi...

Hello sdc2007,

the "PL" mark is from Pavel Knudsen Lund (1726-1794) from Aalborg in Denmark. About the other mark I am not sure.

Regards, Ringo

Hello Goldstein and AG2012, I thank you very much. Best regards, Ringo "Repunzierungspunze , Repunzierungsstempel, Repunze. Um den durch die Napoleonischen Kriege in Bedrängnis geratenen Staatshaushalt in Österreich zu sanieren, wurde verfügt, dass vom 1. September 1806 an für alle Gegenstände ...

Hello,

can someone help me, to identify the maker of this spoon?

Best gegards,
Ringo

Hello anikopol,

I thank you for your advice. Sadly I have no informations about swiss silver marks. Did you see similar objekts from Switzerland?

Kind regards,
Ringo

Hello Jörg,

Scheffler schows a "DCF" mark in rectangle for Diedrich Christian Reinhard Fillmer (born 1800) from Bremen. I am sure he is the maker of your spoon. I think it was made about 1850.

Best regards,
Ringo

Hello JayT,

the number at the top of the P under the crown should be the last two numbers of the production-year. So it should be a 87.

Best regards, Ringo

Hello, Drentwett was a famous Goldsmith-Family in Augsburg. From 1842-1949 they had a very importend medal-factory there. On this medals was to read very small DRENTWETT ("Hier entstanden jene Medaillen mit dem winzigen Vermerk „Drentwett“...). So the medal was produced in Augsburg. regards, Ri...

Hello Aguest, you are right. This spoons were popular in northern Germany, especially on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The maker is Johann Jürgen Suhr from the city Wilster near Hamburg in Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany). He is not only the maker but also the donor of this spoon. Best ...

Hello,

could it be that there is written "HENNIGER" in the oval? "H&C" can be Henniger and Co, Nickelsilver producer in Berlin.

Regards, Ringo

Hello,

I think, it is the mark of Peter Petersen Mollerup from the city Viborg in Denmark (Bøje, Køberstaederne, p. 204).

Best regards, Ringo

Hello AG2012,

could you schow me the marks of the "Biedermeier"-key holder above?

Thanks and kind regards,
Ringo

Hello Qrt.S,

my mistake. You are right, Friedrich Ernst Behrens is also a possible candidat. But Andreas Berg is to old. The spoon is a 19th century spoon.

Best regards, Ringo

supplement,
the plate shows the coat of arms of the House of Baden with the Grand Dukes crown ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_Baden )

Hello,
it is the mark of Fesenmayr (Seling No. 1992, p. 473)

The ingraved name is Anna Badensis, not Badenfis ( I think it is the latin translation of Anna von Baden).

Regards, Ringo

Hello joss,

the only goldsmith from Pernau I know from this time with a family name beginning with "B" is Magnus Wilhelm Brackmann, *1787-1862 (his mark "MB" in ligature).

Kind regards,
Ringo

Hello, I would be pleased, if some one has an idea about this marks. I do not know, whether the "SS" (or "?SS" - if there is a rest of a letter above the "SS") mark is the city mark. Engraved rat tails I mostly know from Denmark and northern Germany. But there I found n...