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tmockait Posts: 963 |
posted 10-31-2006 05:09 PM
  
I added this to my collection awhile ago and have just gotten around to posting it. It is an 800 silver, post 1888 German serving spoon with gold wash. I have a few questions:
2. What do you make of the 12 March 1914 engraved date? My conclusions are that it was a date with purely personal significance, since I cannot find any historical event to correspond with it. It may have been added during or after manufacturing of the spoon, so it does not help much with dating the piece. Right? 3. Why engrave a date on a serving spoon? Did they do the whole set? 4. For some reason this looks interwar period, art nouveau? 5. What is the point of gold washing a functional piece of silverware? Doesn't the wash wear off quickly? Tom IP: Logged |
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Dale Posts: 2132 |
posted 10-31-2006 11:38 PM
The date may have commemorated a gift giving event, like a silver anniversary. It is an old custom to put a date on silver even though we have no idea now what it was about. It also allowed sorting the first and second wives' pieces out at inheiritance time. If the functional piece is serving, say, herring in mustard sauce or sauerkraut, a gold was is a necessity. The gold resist the pitting caused by vinegar. Gold wash usually indicates food with vinegar. IP: Logged |
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tmockait Posts: 963 |
posted 11-03-2006 01:51 PM
Thanks Dale. I just rescued the spoon from the dishwasher, where the cleaning lady had put it by mistake! I know remember that gold is the noble element because it does not react with anything, including acid. Hopefully, Blackstone will chime in with the maker's mark. Tom IP: Logged |
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blakstone Posts: 493 |
posted 11-04-2006 08:08 PM
Chiming in. The maker's mark is that of Paul Sanding & Co., a reasonably large silver manufactory founded in Liegnitz in 1867. They were still in business at least until WWII, when they applied for, and were given, a manufaturer's number from the Third Reich. They made some nice art nouveau flatware, as I recall. IP: Logged |
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tmockait Posts: 963 |
posted 11-06-2006 06:13 PM
Thanks Blackstone. IP: Logged |
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