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I have a set of six of these



though in fact there are four with a slightly narrower bowl and two with a wider one. However all have the same marks. A two tower castle, the letters C. C. D (no dot after the D), a crown and the letter I



the four spoons have the letter I in a circle while the remaining two have it by itself.



This is the rest of the marks on the two spoons.



I have some ideas about this but I'm probably way off track. The I could be an early age mark. I was again thinking it might be Swedish but the crown is not a triple crown and the twin towers are not a Swedish town mark that I can locate.

Also how come some of the spoons are different with the different I and different writing style and slightly different shape?

Hi Augus,

Welcome to the Forum.

Danish electro plate. See C.C. Drewsens at: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=20661&p=100346&hilit=ccd#p100346

and: http://www.925-1000.com/dm_Assay.html to understand the two-towers mark.

Trev.

Thanks Dognose (or Trev).

It does look like the Danish electroplate two towers. I had missed the note under the three towers symbols.

Very rough job. What's the base likely to be made of?

and thanks for the link to Mrs Drewsens....

and rummaging further through my stuff I have found a couple of spoons with H.C.D, presumably the founder. Again the marks are quite rough and not perfectly lined up on the axis of the handle.

The base metal varied from company to company, but basically the norm was described as Nickel Silver, an alloy of Nickel, Copper and Zinc, the better the quality, the higher the Nickel content, which was the most expensive of the three. The more Nickel, usually around 10-12%, the whiter the base metal and eventual wear hard to detect. At the other end of the scale, it was just Copper and Zinc (Brass), it is soft and wear easily detected.

Trev.

It would be good to see the HCD examples. If you could start a new topic with them, it would be appreciated.

Trev.