spoon with unknown city-mark "G"

R ingo · Post by **R ingo** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:42 pm

Hello,
Can someone help me with the marks on this spoon? Is the letter "G" a city-mark?

Kind regards,
Ringo

dinio · Post by **dinio** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:32 pm

Hi,

According to Tardy p328, letter G in a square with cut corners has been used between 1866 and 1919 in the city of GmÃ¼nden, Poland, during the austro-hungarian period.

Hope this helps.
Dinio

Theoderich · Post by **Theoderich** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:49 am

This spoon looks is before 1866

R ingo · Post by **R ingo** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:31 am

Hallo dinio,
the mark looks indeed like the mark of GmÃ¼nden in Tardy, p 328. But I think, theoderichs note is right, that the spoon is older. I think, it is from the first half of the 19. century.

Kind regards, Ringo

Theoderich · Post by **Theoderich** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:13 am

I have no answer - but an other maker
RIETMAN with mirrored N
hope, it helps

it is about from 1800

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blakstone · Post by **blakstone** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:43 am

The "G" here is the city mark of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The maker "SSC" is Silvester Samuel Cunz (1760-1839), and "RIETMANN" is Michael Rietmann (1782-1862).

I would date both spoons around 1820.

Hope this helps!

Theoderich · Post by **Theoderich** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:10 am

Thank You blakstone.
I think I need a lesson about the stil of a spoon -> age and region.
Can anybody do this for this forum?

Supported someone else this proposal?

stecci · Post by **stecci** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:09 pm

The attribution of Blackstone is correct.
Style delays, like the spoon in the Swiss province Rietmann are normal.

R ingo · Post by **R ingo** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:12 am

Hello blakstone,
I thank You very much.
Kind regards, Ringo