Not sure where this came from

[SusanWhite]

Hello Everyone!

Have a teaspoon with marks about which I can't even identify the country of origin ... I know that I am a neophyte with this stuff and I surely appreciate the collective knowledge and wisdom of all of you ... and deeply appreciate everyone's willingness to share what you know....

Any help with this will be gladly welcomed!

Sincerely,
Susan

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[2209patrick]

In 1893 the Danish Hallmarking Act introduced a silver standard of .826 indicated by a three tower mark. About the same time they started using a two tower mark to indicate silverplate. I believe that is what your mark on the right is. I believe they used the two and three tower marks until around 1961 (got the 1961 date from Georg Jensen's website).
Sorry, can't help you with the maker's mark.

Pat.

[SusanWhite]

Thanks, Patrick for telling me about two towers indicating silverplate! I did try to figure this out and had a feeling that it might be Danish, but that page doesn't mention silverplate yet ... and what an astonishing number of silversmiths for such a small country!!

In looking through the Danish Maker's Mark index, maybe the middle characters, which look like C C O to me, might be the initials of C. C. Ormstrup. I'm assuming that Hernong is a city. The date range for Ormstrup is 1906 - 1937 which at least falls within range of the end of the two tower mark usage.

Well ... I am also learning to accept unsolvable mysteries. Now, if I can just do it without grinding my teeth. ;0)

Thanks so very much Pat.

Sincerely,
Susan