Unidentified Captain's Spoons CZIMMERMANN

[dartsil]

Hi all,

I am looking for any information I can obtain in relation to these 3 spoons which each measure 226mm in length and are dated to terminal 1836.

12 Loth so 750/1000 silver pureity

Any other information would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Colin

[AG2012]

Hi,
Königsberg,East Prussia,now Kaliningrad under Russian occupation.
Mark used 1800 -1830.
Fineness 12 Loth.
Regards

[Scotrab]

The maker:
Carl (Heinrich Ludwig) Zimmermann; Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, exclave in Russia), b. ca. 1793, jeweler, gold- and silversmith 1822, d. 1860. Date letter T. for 1836.
Numerous objects by him are known.
Sources: 1) E. von Czihak, Die Edelschmiedekunst früherer Zeiten in Preussen, II. Königsberg und Ostpreussen, no. 335, p. 65-66, L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1903; 2) W. Scheffler, Goldschmiede Ostpreussens, no. 335, p. 214-215, W. De Gruyter, Berlin 1983.

The ship's makler/agent:
Not much is known about Christian F. Dittrich. He appears to have been active as a ship's makler and agent commercially in Königsberg between ca. 1820 and 1845. He appears in a couple of directories for Königsberg and Preussen of the 1840s (sometimes as C. F. Dietrich).
Captain's spoons from his firm by several Königsberg makers are known in a couple of musea in Sweden and in the Netherlands.

[dartsil]

Thanks to both of you for your replies, appreciated

Regards,
Colin