Scandinavian Silver Identification

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland
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Silver Fox
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Scandinavian Silver Identification

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Does anyone know what nationality a large silver spoon I have in my collection is ?
It has a pierced bowl and engraving on the back of the bowl
Looks late 19th century
Maker P.JENSEN in an oblong punch

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we like a photo -

that mark is most likely danish. http://www.925-1000.com/denmarkP.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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strawberry spoon - I soppose that there is a strawberry engravemnet on this.
It is the one master that I directed you towards.
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Hose_dk wrote:strawberry spoon - I soppose that there is a strawberry engravemnet on this.
It is the one master that I directed you towards.
No Strawberry, just a winged cherub on back
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Silver Fox wrote:
Hose_dk wrote:strawberry spoon - I soppose that there is a strawberry engravemnet on this.
It is the one master that I directed you towards.
No Strawberry, just a winged cherub on back
It is 29cm long and weighs 3.5oz
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still a strawberry spoon - proberly.
Often they are guilded.
But could also be a fish spoon - as the soup would go through the holes and the fish remain.
Size is normal.
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Strawberry spoon? In that case why the piercing? I think it is a casserole/table/serving spoon with a pierced bowl. Such spoon is used to serve vegetables that need to be drained before serving.
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Qrt.S wrote:Strawberry spoon? In that case why the piercing? I think it is a casserole/table/serving spoon with a pierced bowl. Such spoon is used to serve vegetables that need to be drained before serving.
That would make more sense to me.
Which Jensen would th maker be ?
There appear to be two or three possibles.
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Qrt.S wrote:Strawberry spoon? In that case why the piercing? that need to be drained before serving.
And so does strawberry . look here several jordbærske on that page.
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Interesting but why are strawberries in some kind of liquid and what liquid? We eat them as they are with cream and sugar.
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a bit commercial - yes sorry. :-)

The strawberry is cleaned and put in a bowl. Then you add sugar - after a period the strawberry is in a mixture of sugar and saft (what is the english word for that?) from the strawberry.
It is this sugar full fluid that should be seperated.
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"Saft" is juice in English. OK, case clear but never heard that strawberries are eaten that way.
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Hello, exactly my grandmothers' recipe for preparing strawberries. One grandmother was from Upper Silesia, the other from the Rhineland. They both knew this recipe. So it cannot be that uncommon. If you take the juice and add tap water or sparkling water, you get a great lemonade. I have a spoon of exactly that shape and these dimensions and it HAS a lot of strawberries engraved on the back. So... Best wishes, Bahner
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Re: Scandinavian Silver Identification

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Hi, lovely strawberry spoon.

The townmark - the two oval marks - are a horse under a tree, i.e. the silver townmark for the East Jutish town of Horsens. The hallmark reads, I think, R. Jensen, i.e. Rasmus Jensen - a very proliferate silversmith, active from 1867 to ca. 1922.

All the best,
Peder
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