David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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The mark on these spoons is not typical of David Andersen, but appears to have all the essential elements:

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The mark appears on the backs of a set of six enamelled spoons in a presentation case marked for retailer in Bergen called Iversen, which still exists.

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There is some damage to the enamel on one spoon, but otherwise just in need of a clean.

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I am guessing, but think these may date from the 1920s. Does that sound about right?
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Re: David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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Hi,
Definitively before 1925.
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Re: David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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Thanks AG2012. I'd hoped as much.
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I haven't been able to find anything else by David Andersen from this period that appears to be of a similar style or design. Are these spoons unusual, or am I just looking in the wrong place?
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Re: David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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Hi,
Right, this pattern is quite unusual (rare) and could be very early production.
R.Iversen (retailer) is also very old and cannot help for precise dating.
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Re: David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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David Andersen - Kristiania - 1906

See also: https://www.925-1000.com/david-andersen_marks.html

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Re: David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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Feeling just a bit of 'spoon envy' - the image below is from an archive of Gustav Gaudernack's drawings for David Andersen, dated 1900-14:

~Cheryl


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Re: David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

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That's wonderful, thank you Cheryl. I too have spoon envy - they're not mine!

Thank you also Dognose for sowing the advert. That explains the design of the David Andersen mark.
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