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Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:58 am
by Junglebogen
Does anyone know a make named F.C.Z Wanzik ?

length approx 22 cm

one spoon needle engraved
difficult to read : H.A Yesfin Famlet ?
U K 12 Oct. 1889

No other hallmarks or anything else
Any input would be great

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Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:56 am
by dragonflywink
To my eye, looks like 'F.C.ZWANZIG'

~Cheryl

Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:27 am
by dragonflywink
Find a Friedrich Christopher Zwanzig (1822-1889) in Schleswig, as well as his son Friedrich Christoph Zwanzig (b.1857)...

(Thank you Theo)

~Cheryl

Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:00 pm
by Junglebogen
Yes, I would also say F.G Zwanzig

funny I've tried to google his name , with no results

must be the older F.G Zwanzig (No ½moon & crown , as we normally see with German silver)

Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:53 am
by Junglebogen
Actually Schlesvig was Danish until 1864 !
Old danish silver (Province silver) does sometimes only have a name (of the silversmith) marked

Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:30 am
by Junglebogen
Well so far no luck in finding out more.
I've not managed to look up F.C Zwanzig here in Denmark (Schleswig - before 1864, when we lost it to Germany)
But have been able to get confirmed from a 3.party that It's correct that there was a Friedrich Christopher Zwanzig (1822-1889) in Schleswig, as well as his son Friedrich Christoph Zwanzig (b.1857) , Thanks to Dragonflywink !
Just would had been great to actually see his name/hallmarks in a book.

Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:26 pm
by Hose_dk
H A Jessen og Familie
H A Jessen and Family

Then something and ... den 12 Oktober 1889

Its a gift from Jessen and his family could be the text I miss is the location.