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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 4491761, member: 111&quot;]This 8&quot; Norwegian spoon is a premium, given as a prize at an exhibition or fair, in this case for a cattle breeder - with a simple engraved border and wheat, a stamped bull&#039;s head and &#039;KVÆGRØGT&#039; (Cattle Breeding), the breeder&#039;s name engraved on the back, stamped for Bodø maker A.M. Berg.&nbsp; I&#039;m a Taurus, so have several &#039;bull&#039; spoons, but this one is unusual...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391644[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391645[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This 2.5&quot; plique-à-jour salt spoon is unmarked, not uncommon for such tiny examples, but an archived (1900-14) illustration by David Andersen designer Gustav Gaudernack tells the maker:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391650[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Norwegian plique-à-jour coffee spoon by Jacob Tostrup is an uncommon design:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391653[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have a new Italian mosaic spoon, gilt 800 silver, <i>much</i> nicer quality than the more common gilt brass at right, already in my collection (have a couple of other brass ones packed away):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391654[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391656[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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