David Andersen (?) Enamel Spoons, Year?

[OldSchool]

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



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.



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



I am guessing, but think these may date from the 1920s. Does that sound about right?

[AG2012]

Hi,
Definitively before 1925.
Regards

[OldSchool]

Thanks AG2012. I'd hoped as much.

[OldSchool]

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?

[AG2012]

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.
Regards

[dognose]

David Andersen - Kristiania - 1906

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

Trev.

[dragonflywink]

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

[OldSchool]

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.