scandinavian mustard pot - request for help with hallmarks

suomoo · Post by **suomoo** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:07 am

Dear members,

I have a mustard pot with several hallmarks. I cannot find any of these marks but it looks scandinavian to me. Can anyone help me identifying
the hallmarks ?

many thanks in advance

http://members.upc.nl/p.mooi/scandinavian.jpg

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JAKJO · Post by **JAKJO** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:06 am

Hi Suomoo,

It is Norwegian. I checked Norske sÃ¸lvstempler gullsmedhaÌŠndverk i byene paÌŠ Ã˜stlandet fÃ¸r 1870 by Jorunn Fossberg, 1994, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, but no match
.

Best regards/JAKJO

JAKJO · Post by **JAKJO** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:31 am

Hi again,

Sorry, when I saw the "PrÃ¶ve-mark", I was absolutely certain that it was Norwegian. I have never seen this one on Danish silver before. BÃ¸je mentions it on silver objects from Copenhagen used in the middle of the 19th century by the masters themselves.

The maker is Ebbe Olaus LÃ¼ster in Aarhus, Denmark, born in 1788, master on 28 Jan 1817 . His son Carl L (mentioned as a watchmaker) works in the workshop from 1847. Ebbe Olaus LÃ¼ster died in 1880 and he is listed in Chr. A. BÃ¸je's Danske guld og sÃ¸lvsmedemÃ¦rker fÃ¶r 1870, Politiken forlag 1954.

Hope this helps.

Best regards/JAKJO