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ahtea Posts: 2 |
posted 02-16-2015 01:08 PM
  
I want to add to or reply to an existing post about a spoon marked S. MAURITZEN, but cannot reply to the original post because I just joined (in order to respond to the post!) So here goes: The original post: S.MAURITZEN spoon We have a spoon that closely matches the description in the original post, but perhaps these photos of ours might help: We too, would be interested to know something about this spoon. IP: Logged |
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 02-18-2015 11:28 AM
Welcome to the forum. I’m afraid I can’t be of much help with your intriguing spoon. I am more familiar with English silver whereas your spoon is presumably American or possibly Scandinavian. However, I’ll plunge in regardless with a few comments. S Mauritzen must surely be the name of the retailer or the maker. I see no reason to link it with St Moritz as was suggested in the earlier post. The description in the earlier post would seem to be of a different pattern from your spoon since it makes no mention of the distinctive trefoil terminal. However, the spoons share the feature of bright cut decoration on the terminal so presumably do indeed come from the same stable. I would be inclined to date your spoon to the late-ish 19th century because of the trefoil terminal and the apparent lack of any drop where the stem joins the back of the bowl. Others may or may not agree and, as I said at the beginning, I fear this does not really give you much help. IP: Logged |
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dragonflywink Posts: 993 |
posted 02-18-2015 01:18 PM
Not American, but Norwegian - Sverre Mauritzen (b. 1874), those with better Scandinavian references than mine may have better information, but find reference to the shop as active in Stavanger in the 1920s-50s, as both smith and jeweler, quick internet search seems to indicate the firm may still be in business... ~Cheryl [This message has been edited by dragonflywink (edited 02-18-2015).] IP: Logged |
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ahtea Posts: 2 |
posted 02-18-2015 02:49 PM
Wow! This all fits! My wife received the spoon from her mother's estate a few years ago. She thinks that the spoon once belonged to one of her grandmothers, but she didn't know which one. Her mother and mother's mother ("Mormor" in Norwegian) emigrated from Haugusund, Norway around 1924 or 1925. Thank you Cheryl. I searched with Google and only found that previous post on these pages. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-18-2015 02:51 PM
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