Help with Swiss maker

[Granmaa]

Could someone tell me a bit about these spoons? The maker's initials are G.H., and it looks like the number 2 in the other cartouche.

Miles

[blakstone]

Gustave Hofer, père (1816-1896) of Lausanne. He was a worker at Frères Gély before opening his own shop in 1846. His son, Gustave fils (1856-1939) continued the firm until 1918. The "2" in the Lausanne city mark refers to the second silver standard, but it is not known if this was .875 as in Geneva or .800 as in France.

The plain style of the spoons makes them difficult to date, but clearly they are after the firm was founded in 1846 and before the 1882 introuduction of national Swiss hallmarking.

Hope this helps!

[Granmaa]

That's excellent; thank you very much blakstone.

Miles

[dognose]

Another example of the work and mark of Gustave Hofer of Lausanne:












G.H.

Trev.