3 spoons from Riga

[Goldstein]

Hi -

found 3 spoons from Riga - but the 3 silversmiths are unknown to me!

AS


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Any help welcome!

Regards
Goldstein

[R ingo]

Hello Goldstein,

the "AS" mark is from Carl August Schulmann (1852-1918).
Leistikow, p. 330

Best regards,
Ringo

[Goldstein]

Hi Ringo -

Many thanks! Have not found it in my book....getting old!

Regards
Goldstein

[Qrt.S]

Not that old :-))))). You will find also him in Latvijas Sudrabkali/Golschmiede Lettlands by Valde Vilite on p.85 #263

[Goldstein]

Hi -

without a name, only initials, Vilite is hard to read. Very time consuming! The Russian edition....a big pain!




Do you have a source for Eberhards Jozess/Эбергардт Йозес? Never heared from him - this spoon is the first time in 40 years.

Any way - many thanks for your efforts!

Regards
Goldstein

[Qrt.S]

Yes the Russian language causes problems to me too. However, I happen to have Latvian version. About Jozess, take a look in your book above #1159. I cannot guarantee anything but the initials fit perfectly. Unfortunately there is no more information than I wrote in my input.

By the way, in Vilites book there are a lot of names without marks, so.....? In that sense it is better than Leistikow. In her book there is not a single registered master mentioned who's mark is not known.

When taking about Latvijas Sudrabkali, make some amendments in it:

p 12
Haufe's second name is Gottlieb, not Gustav
ИС is Ilja Sorokin 1888-1891, not Ivan Spiridonov, the "phantom".
p 13
ДЛ is Danil Lesenko 1880-1886
ЛЗ Ludvig Zuck's working period was 1844-1847 and 1856-1884
IШ was never in Jelgava/Mitau but in Odessa, Baku and Transkaukasia

[Qrt.S]

Forgot to mention: Jozess was located in Ventspils/Windau but there was no assaying office there so he went to Riga in order to have his objects assayed. Therefore the the Riga town mark.

[Goldstein]

Hi -

thank you for the update! Some of the from you mentioned things are already corrected in my book (1992 edition). Here a nice directory of the Baltic masters and their marks 1700-1800 from the year 1905.



Regards
Goldstein