Your shovel or scoop is actually a sugar spoon, made by the Dutch company J.M. Van Kempen & Sons, based in Voorschoten.
The sword is the hallmark used on small silver items which are too small to fully mark (see also http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html" onclick="window.open(this ...
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- Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:08 pm
- Forum: Dutch Silver
- Topic: Van Kempen & Son Spoon & Scoop Set - Need Help To ID
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- Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:09 pm
- Forum: Dutch Silver
- Topic: 18th? century Spoon
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It is Dutch cream spoon, made in the second half of the 19th century. The first mark is a dolphin, indicating a Dutch silver object whose silver content wasn't indicated, as well as a key indicating that the object was marked for export. The second mark is the maker's mark; unfortunately the maker's ...