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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 838490, member: 111&quot;]Been several threads with enamel spoons recently, so thought I&#039;d show some of mine.&nbsp; Considered reviving the old &#039;Spoons&#039; thread&nbsp; <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/spoons.23246/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/spoons.23246/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/spoons.23246/</a>&nbsp; but decided to start a new one - would love to see more enamel spoons...</p><p><br /></p><p>This Hans Christian Andersen &#039;Ugly Duckling&#039; spoon is one I&#039;ve wanted for literally decades, never seeing it anywhere other than in Rainwater&#039;s &#039;Spoons Around the World&#039; (1976) - made by Peter Hertz of Copenhagen, it&#039;s 6.75 inches long, just under 3 troy ounces of .830 silver, and came in a fitted velvet-lined, oilcloth covered wooden box:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sweet set of plique-à-jour mocha/demitasse spoons by the Danish firm of Arendt Dragsted, probably mid 20th century:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194897[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Plique-à-jour - the 1st a bonbon spoon, American, by Whiting Mfg., and while there are some stunning American plique-à-jour pieces, those are uncommon and more often they&#039;re just a bit clumsy like the next three spoons; the 5th and 6th are by David Andersen for the tourist trade, one acid-etched &#039;Island of Mackinac&#039;, the other engraved Firenze&#039; (Florence), the 7th has a butterfly in the handle, made by unidentified firm &#039;S&amp;Co&#039;, almost certainly also Norwegian, and engraved &#039;Wien&#039; (Vienna), the 8th marked only &#039;800&#039;, likely made in Germany, engraved &#039;Geneve&#039;, and the 9th has a champlevé handle and plique-à-jour bowl, nice quality but not sure of its origin, likely Norwegian, marked &#039;STERLING&#039; and &#039;IH&amp;Co&#039;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194901[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All Norwegian enamel, save for one - #1 Th. Marthinsen, #2 Jacob Tostrup, #3 David-Andersen, #4 David Andersen, #5 Aksel Holmsen, #6 Norne (Aksel Holmsen), #7 S&amp;Co, #8 Hansen &amp; Andersen (Danish maker), #9 Egon Lauridsen, #10 Øystein Balle, #11 Elvik &amp; Co., #12 David Andersen:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mixed group, first seven are American - #1 engraved &#039;Dec.29, &#039;07&#039;, no maker, #2 by Shepard w/U.S. shield, #3 engraved &#039;Denver&#039;, no maker, #4 Swastika (from when they were a symbol of luck) by Paye &amp; Baker, #5 Whist spoon by Paye &amp; Baker, #6 enamel to equal Norwegian by Watson, #7 Brownie &#039;Scotchman&#039;, no maker.&nbsp; The rest are European made -&nbsp; #8 London, assayed in Birmingham 1918, #9 Vienna by Alexander Sturm, #10 Munich monk, #11 Bern bear, German-made, #12 Lucerne lion, German-made, #13 Naples with filigree handle, #14 playing cards, .800, likely German-made, #15 portrait of Napoleon, German-made, and #16 Egypt &#039;Moses-in-basket&#039; (missing the tiny baby), German-made:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194906[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A heavy well-made teaspoon by Georg Adam Scheid of Vienna, known for fine enamel-work, as with the lovely portrait of a girl:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194907[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194909[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And these three Italian spoons, not enamel, but glass anyway - the center one a gilt brass with mosaic, the other two silver set with Murano glass:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194908[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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