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Elisabeth7291 Posts: 53 |
posted 02-10-2013 03:21 PM
  
[26-2368] Another two favorite pieces are this fork and spoon set. The fork came in the our first collection a couple of years ago, so I was very pleased when a matching spoon came in this last bit. (ref: More Norwegian Silver - Question about mark) Close up: These were obviously for my husband's uncle whose name was Richard. Based on the design on the front, would these have been a baby gift? (My husband think that looks like a stork. However, these are about 7 inches long.) I am familiar with the silver maker O Domaas and have several of those pieces in the collection. However, I can't find anything about an "F. Domaas" - anyone familiar with this maker? Thanks in advance for thoughts and advice! IP: Logged |
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dragonflywink Posts: 993 |
posted 02-11-2013 01:20 AM
Hi Elisabeth - F. Domaas would be the retailer, the conjoined 'KH' w/7 dots is the maker's mark, Kristian Hestenes of Bergen (in business 1904-64). The pattern is one of my favorites, Ibis, designed by Theodor Engebøe and introduced in 1921 - so pretty... ~Cheryl IP: Logged |
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Elisabeth7291 Posts: 53 |
posted 02-11-2013 07:38 AM
Cheryl - Thank you! This is wonderful to know. Richard was born in 1919, so the fact that the design wasn't introduced until two years later says it wasn't a baby gift. This helps a lot! - Elisabeth IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 02-11-2013 07:59 AM
Thank you for sharing, it's a lovely pattern that is so elegant but not like any English or American ones. A thought, if it had been a stork then it might have been a baby set but an Ibis... more like Cleopatra and Valentines associations... IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 02-19-2013 09:04 PM
quote: Cheryl, thanks for the identification - I have a set of 6 of these, too - I hadn't been able to decipher the conjoined letters before. It is a beautiful design, but unless the bird is an entirely fanciful one, it is unlike any Ibis I know of. If the designer saw one of these birds in a zoo, he read the wrong label, because, other than the exaggerated hump (they do hunch over when feeding), it is a pretty accurate depiction of a Demoiselle Crane - Enter the name in Google Images, and you will see many photos of one of the most beautiful and graceful of Eurasian birds. [This message has been edited by swarter (edited 02-19-2013).] IP: Logged |
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