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Ronneberg serving piece circa 1750?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:04 pm
by imnideit
Hi, thanks for looking, this is an early 13 silver (.813) serving piece, I was wondering first when it is from, then about the maker Ronneberg, then what the peice might be called (fish server, etc).
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Thanks,
Tom
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Re: Ronneberg serving piece circa 1750?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:26 pm
by Theoderich
it looks like 13 1/2 Loth
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:49 pm
by imnideit
Thanks (13 1/2 Loth).
Gosh, i had no idea it would be Scandinavian, sorry about the misplacement.
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:09 pm
by JAKJO
Hi,
Your fish server was made by Johan Herman Krohn Rønneberg (1818-95) in Ålesund, Norway.
Johan Rønneberg became a prolific master in Ålesund in 1847, after he had been a journeyman in the Norwegian town Bergen by his relatives, the Krohns - a goldsmith family and later by Monclair's in the same town. He even was in Hamburg. He was a skilled engraver and silver chaser.
He produced a lot of good silver objects, but in 1875 he retired and then on he was titulated as gold- and silver worker". He died in 1895.
Ref: Jonson Dale, Bjørn (1992),
Gullsmeden i gamle dagar: Sunnmørsk verk og virke i laugstida. http://www.soga.no/bjodale/gullsmed.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The server with an example of rocker engraving or wrigglework was made between 1847 and 1892, when the 830S standard was introduced.
Best regards/JAKJO
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:51 am
by imnideit
Thank you so much for all that great information, i really appreciate it, Tom