Dutch Silver Fork and Spoon Combined

[jamespr]

Hi,

Please can someone help to date the attached piece. I was told it was made in Amsterdam and dates to around 1720.

I attach pictures of the hallmarks on the piece.

http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/Foldi ... ch%20spoon

Many thanks

James

[oel]

Hi James, welcome to the forum.

Sucket fork;  small metal utensil used for eating sweetmeats, or sucket, with a two- or three-pronged fork at one end of the handle and a spoon bowl, usually of teaspoon size, at the other.

A very rare folding "sucket four-pronged fork" and spoon, sucket fork or succade fork made by a good and known silversmith with maker's mark B for: Cornelis Bormeester, active 1730-1785, born in 1708- died 1785. Maker of small silver work, engraved small forks, signet, wax seal/stamp, became apprentice in 1722. The town mark Amsterdam, for small items, without year letter used 1718-1734. The absence of a year letter is not unusual for small silver items, light in weight, 2nd standard silver and made prior 1735. The crowned O and hatchet are later added tax marks.
The folding fork and spoon, unfolded length 12.5 cm, the width of the fork is 1 cm and the maximum width of the spoon is 2 cm.






For more information about those tax marks see:
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32028
Best,

Peter

Gratitude; D. Dekker

[jamespr]

Hi Peter,

Many thanks for your help, much appreciated as my Tardy book is at home which is 350 miles away.

There was a tag on it saying c1720 made in Amsterdam.

Many thanks

James

[oel]

Herewith another sucket fork by Cornelis Bormeester, with later duty mark; crowned V



Peter.

[legrandmogol]

here is my fork by Cornelis Bormeester you helped me identify a while back

[oel]

Thanks for the reminder. Herewith the link to your fork:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=52924&p=166555&hilit=bormeester#p166555

Peter.