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I have this for picking up sugar. (sukker tang in Danish). Mark is Augsburg with a V. I have been told that V might be 1810 (or 1835 or 1860 but that 1810 is likely)
Makers mark include I as first or second letter - the other letter is B R or H cant see for sure.
Can anyone help me with more information?

Very butiful filigran work - filigran is that also the english term?

Looks like 1810 with the maker Johann Michael Bettle (master 1752, died after 1795; Seling #2414). That seems a little odd to me though: could a master in 1752 still be working 58 years later?.

Good news, though. If anyone is interested (and has several hundred dollars to spare!) Helmut Seling's Die Augsburger Gold- und Silberschmiede 1529-1868 is out in a brand-new revised edition which includes the 1980 original, the 1994 supplement, plus many corrections and additions to the hundreds of goldsmith's biographies, with state-of-the-art hallmark photography of all known Augsburg city and maker's marks.

Hello, a maker's mark was sometimes used by the heirs, so it is possible that one can find it on pieces made after the maker's death. Best wishes, Bahner

Thanks for the responce. And the name.
When I bought it I knew that it was Augsburg but the fact that it was so old was a pleasent surprice.

In Denmark we are also very familiar with the situation where wife continues the business. In the book for many smiths it says died .... wife continued until ....

Thanks again for the responce.