Unidentified spoon- possible purity mark and maker

[Marie L]

Dear Forum friends,

Could someone identify this spoon ,maker, country and age. I have struggled to identify this for quite a long time now. I think the 12 marks the purity of silver and I read that Norway and Denmark marked silver with 12 lod. But maybe more countries did so?

Best Regards
Marie

https://www.flickr.com/photos/188907631 ... ed-public/

[dognose]

Hi Marie,

Please embed your images.

Trev.

[Marie L]

I forgot to say that the provided link links to an image sowing the spoon front and back, in addition an enlargement of the marks. The link is :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/188907631 ... ed-public/
and an attempt to embed the image follows :

Best regards
Marie

[Hose_dk]

the marks are not typical for any of the scandinatian countries.
12 is a typical mark for germany and pressent poland.
The zig zag stripe is not used in denmark or normay. They used a set of needles for the purity. In sweden the zig zag could excist but its rare.
pattern spartel is also typpical for germany - and not scandinavia.
Pattern is a biedermeier pattern.
My guess would be old germany states.

[Marie L]

Thank you! Any ideas of age? Do you think the F.D could be the maker or is it the town mark?
Best regards Marie

[Hose_dk]

FD is maker
Age - as said Biedermeier - mid 1800.
lets say 1840 to 1880

[Hose_dk]

https://www.google.com/search?q=biederm ... 8&biw=1455