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Please help me with this fork

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:48 am
by poisonlidia1
I have no idea about some marks of this fork, could you help me with the shoe and the 3 number? I have read that the B might be the year 1935 and 90 the weight but it isn't correct because it's 22 grams.

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Re: Please help me with this fork

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:16 am
by AG2012
Hi,
The Gero factory in the city of Zeist, The Netherlands,founded 21 0ktober 1912
Number ``90`` indicates the thickness of silver plate.
For full info take a look here.Excellent contribution by Peter (oel).
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 590#p70278
Regards

Re: Please help me with this fork

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:18 am
by AG2012
Numbers on silver plate are explained here:
http://www.925-1000.com/a_platenumbers.html

Re: Please help me with this fork

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:37 pm
by oel
Hi, welcome to the forum.

Your fork (3) is part of a Gero child's 9 piece cutlery set called Little Red Riding Hood : a complete 9-piece set from the fairy tales series of Gero. The theme is little Red Riding Hood. Consisting of; egg spoon, child's food pusher,baby feeding spoon, fork, and spoon, a egg Cup, a napkin ring and a Cup and Plate. Designed by Georg Nilsson. Silver plated based on 90. Around 65 years old.

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https://www.bibliotheek.nl/catalogus/ti ... o-zilvium/


Peter.

Re: Please help me with this fork

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:08 pm
by poisonlidia1
Hi,
It's amazing how much information you have given to me, you have been a great help. How nice the set, it looks great. So I have a piece of the puzzle....
Thank you so much.