Robbe & Berking of Flensburg

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Robbe & Berking of Flensburg

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Link to a visit to the workshops of the Flensburg silversmiths Robbe & Berking.

This family owned silversmiths, now in its fifth generation, is now in the hands of Oliver Berking. The firm has been in business since 1874 and still manfactures sterling flatware in the tradition method.

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Some images of Robbe & Berking marks applied to flatware:

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Import marks via the Birmingham Assay Office 1991:

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and noted on a knife handle:

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Re: Robbe & Berking of Flensburg

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Hello,

Nicolaus Christoph Robbe (1843-1916) from Flensburg worked alone until 1897. In this year he corporated with Robert Berking from the Brunswick region. In 1898 R. Berking married the doughter from N.C. Robbe.
Today Robbe &Berking produce more than 50% of the german silver cutlery.
Until 1964 the mark of Robbe & Rerking was an arrow (Bernt Zeitzschel, Die Gold- und Silberschmiede im östlichen Schleswig-Holstein, p. 111 f.).

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Re: Robbe & Berking of Flensburg

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Hello,
here I have the makers mark of Nicolaus Christoph Robbe, before he met Robert Berking (the inscription on the spoon dates 1886).

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A Robbe & Berking price list from 1978:

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Robbe & Berking - Flensburg - 1969

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Robbe & Berking - Flensburg - 1967

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