Spoon with mark CT

[Hose_dk]

I have this spoon (spoon is not the correct name but ?)
I believe it a city mark - but which city?
And CT is the silver smith but where and who?





Can anyone help me to identify?

[blakstone]

"Ladle" is the English term for this item. The three tower city mark is that of Altona, Germany, and the maker CT is Johann Gottlob Christian Tormählen (1790-1863); master 1818.

Hope this helps!

[Hose_dk]

Thank you for the information. I had suspected that it might be a mark from Germany. Perhaps it could become included included in German Hallmarks I ?

When i bought it (on-line) the seller told med that it was Aalborg - that was why I bought it. But when i saw it "live" I knew that that was not correct. But an item from Altona (close connections to Denmark at that time) is logic.

Inside the 3-towers is the letter M - That must be the year.

So thanks again. Also for "ladle" that not a common word in Danish.

[admin]

Hose-dk,
Thanks for the image, it is now included on the page. Also added Bremen, Elbing & Ulm.
German Hallmarks

Regards, Tom

[blakstone]

The Altona marking system was modeled on that of nearby Hamburg; so closely, in fact, that their marks are nearly indistiguishable from one another. Like Hamburg, "M" is not the date letter per se, but rather the assayer's mark, and it spanned a number of years. Unlike Hamburg, however, the Altona assayer's letters are not known with any precision. "M" has been found on Altona items dated from 1832 to 1849, so your ladle most likely dates from the second quarter of the 19th century; it certainly fits the style. Nice piece!

[Hose_dk]

Thank you for the responce. I am not that familiar with German silver. Sometimes I get a piece when buying other things. So its nice to know origin ect.
Thank again.