Qrt.S wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:42 am
I don’t think the spoon is as old as it seems to be (1511). Maybe a tourist souvenir? Anyway, its outlook is rather typical for the period. It is an ordinary table spoon or maybe a schnapps spoon (?). The text reads HELP OS DI HEILIGE TREI FOLDIG - HTD, being old Scadinavian (?), likely Danish and means something like HELP US THE HOLY TRINITY. The HTD is likely the owner’s (woman) initials where HT is the persons initials and D stand for DATTER (daughter). Sorry, my best shot, cannot do any better...Let's hope somebody else can tell you more.
The spoon is definitely not old, it is Norway, Oslo, the 1888-1925, David Andersen. I suppose that perhaps a copy of some famous spoon of 1511, I would like to know more.