Featured Please Help Identifying a Spoon

Discussion in 'Silver' started by Mat, Jan 23, 2018.

  1. Mat

    Mat Well-Known Member

    I need help with this spoon. I think it is German, but that is as far as I got... Thank you very much ind advance!
    Mat

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    That cross in a circle mark looks like 18th century Zutphen, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. The shape of the spoon is right for 18th century too.
     
  3. Mat

    Mat Well-Known Member

    Thank you Any Jewelry! I would never have found that myself. So did the Netherlands use the "13" for silver purity, too?
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I don't have much info on pre-1800 Dutch marks. Could be a maker's mark, I found a 13 for Venlo, but not for Zutphen.
    Let's wait for the others, could be something else all together.
     
    Last edited: Jan 23, 2018
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  5. Mat

    Mat Well-Known Member

    Ok, thank you again!
     
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  6. SSS Spooner

    SSS Spooner New Member

    I think "13" means here 812.5 silver purity (13/16 loth system).
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It could be a B.
    I did some more research on pre-1800 Dutch marks. If it is from Zutphen, it can't be a loth mark. From 1661 the Netherlands always had the Dutch lion mark for fineness, in different versions for different finenesses and periods.
    However, marking was sloppy sometimes. I often see antique Dutch provincial silver without the lion mark.
     
    Last edited: Jan 24, 2018
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  8. Mat

    Mat Well-Known Member

    Thank you again, I will try to check Zutphen marks to see if I can find something similar...
     
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