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ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 12-09-2008 10:55 PM A friend of my recently brought this shell spoon thinking is was American coin silver and asked me to identify it. It is a beautiful spoon, but I had to tell him it was not American. Tardy shows several examples of crescent moons and crowns, mostly from Germany or Austria. None are quite like the marks on this spoon I would guess it is was before 1840 and from either Germany or Austria. I think that 12 means it is.750 silver. Any information on the origin of this spoon would be appreciated. The look of the shell is not quite what I would have expected on an American version but it is very close. IP: Logged
blakstone Posts: 493 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 12-10-2008 12:39 AM Left to right: An open boat = the city mark of Helsinki, Finland The Finnish crown = Finnish state guarantee mark in use from 1810 T2 = Finnish date code for 1852 G.A.S. = maker Gustaf Adolf StršmbŠck, working Helsinki, 1841-1870 Hope this helps! IP: Logged
kerppola Posts: 69 Registered: Jul 2006	posted 12-10-2008 02:59 AM Hi, Blakstone's reply is totally correct. The computer just didn't get the two scandinavian letters correct in the silversmiths name so the 'š' should be an 'o' with two dot's above and the the 'Š' an 'a' with two dot's above. So the silversmiths name is Gustaf Adolf Strömbäck. Regards, Juhana IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 12-10-2008 11:24 AM Thanks Blakstone and Kerppola. I was looking in the wrong section of Tardy, but even knowing the answer it would have been hard for me to pick it out of Tardy. Thanks again. IP: Logged

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