Would like help with Danish? spoon

[touchstone]

I am trying to figure out the marks on the back of a silver spoon that I believe to be Danish in origin (at least it used to belong to a Danish relative, but of course that doesn't necessarily mean the spoon is Danish.)

The spoon:


The marks (the yellowish cast is due to the lighting used):


A close-up of the "crown" is:


I have been looking through the various marks on this site, but I'm not seeing one with a crown & "H.C.D. III".

Any help would be appreciated—thank you!

[dognose]

Hi,

See Drewson at: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=20661&p=100346&hilit=DREWSEN#p100346

Trev.

[touchstone]

Hello Trev-

So the spoon is Danish, but since there are no "towers" on it, does that mean it is not silver, but rather that it is silver-plate (in which case I posted this in the incorrect area, sorry!) But wouldn't it have 2 towers on it in that case? Or, maybe the "crown" means something pertaining to silver?

Interesting that I was reading it as a continuous "H.C.D. III" like a name (for example Hans C. Dawsen the Third) but now that I look at the photos you referred to me, I wonder if the "III" is similar to that bowl's "II" inside a shield mark? Perhaps it should be read as an "H.C.D" with a separating ".", then the "III"?

Thank you so much!

[touchstone]

Hi,

See Drewson at: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=20661&p=100346&hilit=DREWSEN#p100346

Trev.

Hi again, Trev-

I found this about a "Hans Christian Drewsen", born 1823, died 1874, so it matches:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Drewsen&prev=search

and following a link in there, got to:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=da&u=https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanoplastik&usg=ALkJrhies4guCuNF6jjLQ089MlmpVIJ6tQ

So it seems likely that the spoon is silver-plate, given Hans' occupation, rather than silver, unless Hans had a side hobby of making silver items! :) I wouldn't know how to tell other than tracking it down by the maker. It is about 17.4 cm long, and it weighs 50 g.

[dognose]

Without official Danish assay marks or other markings such as 'Sterling', etc. it is almost certainly only plated.

The two-towers mark was only in use from the 1890's to around 1930.

Trev.

[Hose_dk]

I would guess that the III actualy is IIL or 11L
that is 11 lødig.