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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 327488, member: 111&quot;]More spoons...</p><p><br /></p><p>Norwegian Dragestil spoon by Marius Hammer, engraved dragon in the bowl, wonderful little grotesque guy blowing a raspberry at top:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109325[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1871 Danish mocha/demitasse spoon with interesting marks - made by Copenhagen maker Vilhelm Christesen and designed by sculptor Christian Carl Peters - pieces bearing the angel mark were sold in a lottery for artwork, silver, furniture, etc., the proceeds used for the restoration of Frederiksborg Castle after a fire in 1859.&nbsp; The face is probably supposed to be King Christian IV, who wore similar bangs in his later years:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109327[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109329[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Believe this Norwegian demitasse spoon, by Hans Christian Østrem, is a souvenir of the Columbian Exposition - the bowl shows a rendition of the &#039;Viking&#039;, a replica of the ancient &#039;Gokstad Ship&#039; that sailed from Christiania (Oslo) to Chicago for the fair.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the top of the twisted branch stem is a &#039;stabbur&#039;, a traditional farm storage house, the design in the bowl was inspired by an image in the book, &quot;Viking&quot; Across the Atlantic (1893), as is another spoon, by Marius Hammer, that I&#039;ve owned for years:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109330[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109331[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Marius Hammer Columbian Exposition spoon:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109332[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]109333[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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