I had mentioned earlier that I would provide more information on the two spoons shown by Goldstein.
First, as an item of information, this Forum has a chapter on Captain's Spoons, opened by our friend Hose_dk in 2009 with numerous contributors and examples of captain's spoons from various cities on the shores of the Baltic.There is also quite a bit of history of the spoons and various ideas on their origin. The chapter is at
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=18394Secondly, the two article extracts shown by Goldstein have been taken from an article by Dr. Jürgen Beyer, an historian specialising in the history and folklore of the Baltic countries. The article appeared initially in Volume 21/02 of November/December 2010 of the magazine "The Finial" published in London and later in the slightly extended form shown by Goldstein in the archives of the University of Tartu (Estonia), where Dr. Beyer was doing research. The entire article is at
http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~jbeyer/spoons.pdfRegarding the spoons, Goldstein has already indicated who made them, with reference to the book by Prof. Annelore Leistikow.
If you are interested in more information about the two merchant houses mentioned by Goldstein, Hill Gebrüder and J. Fenger & Co., I have put some notes in an entry in the chapter on captain's spoons mentioned above, where they are more relevant than here in an entry on Russian Silver. Please go there if you are interested. The entry is at
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=18394&p=148063#p148063
