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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9592233, member: 111"]Hi Kiko - was almost certainly sold as a large cold meat fork.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don't know a name for the spoon pattern, it's not particularly uncommon in German and Scandinavian silver, the engraved motif on this one would be appropriate for the engraved date (no etching, which is done with acid). Not quite sure if you mean 'cast' when referencing 'poured', but the spoons (and of course the fork as well), were factory die-struck, only the engraving done by hand...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9592233, member: 111"]Hi Kiko - was almost certainly sold as a large cold meat fork. Don't know a name for the spoon pattern, it's not particularly uncommon in German and Scandinavian silver, the engraved motif on this one would be appropriate for the engraved date (no etching, which is done with acid). Not quite sure if you mean 'cast' when referencing 'poured', but the spoons (and of course the fork as well), were factory die-struck, only the engraving done by hand... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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