Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Norwegian Silver Possibly Trondheim
Norwegian Silver Possibly Trondheim
The first photo is of the inscription on the back of a serving spoon given in 1835 in Trondhein, Norway, then part of Sweden, for what I believe was a prize for winning/placing in a biathlon. I could be wrong about that. The second photo is the hallmark(?) on the spoon. The third is the hallmark on a second spoon won by the same person. Part of the hallmark appears to be the Nidaros/Trondhein cathedral. Can anyone shed any light on this/these maker(s).
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
The first spoon is indeed Norwegian and from Trondheim. The maker “BBD” is Benjamin Blostrup Dreier (1780-1856), master 1810 & citizen 1811; “12Lo” is the fineness of 12 lot, or .750.
The second spoon, however, is Danish. The three towers are from the Copenhagen civic arms, and the numbers underneath represent the date of assay (and thus usually of manufacture). I can’t make them out in the photo, but I do recognize the “RH” assayer’s mark of Peter Reimer Hinnerup, working 1840-1863. The maker “PRAHL” is Samuel Jacob Nicolai Prahl (1800-1885), citizen 1825, though this mark is usually attributed to his son and successor, Jacob Samuel Prahl (1824-1891), citizen 1862.
Refs:
Thorvald Krohn-Hansen, Trondhjems Gullsmedkunst, 1550-1850, (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1963), p. 162, maker #26.
Christian A. Bøje, Danske guld og sølvsmedemærker før 1870 (Copenhagen: Arnold Busck, 1946) pp. 133 & 158, mark 1167.
The second spoon, however, is Danish. The three towers are from the Copenhagen civic arms, and the numbers underneath represent the date of assay (and thus usually of manufacture). I can’t make them out in the photo, but I do recognize the “RH” assayer’s mark of Peter Reimer Hinnerup, working 1840-1863. The maker “PRAHL” is Samuel Jacob Nicolai Prahl (1800-1885), citizen 1825, though this mark is usually attributed to his son and successor, Jacob Samuel Prahl (1824-1891), citizen 1862.
Refs:
Thorvald Krohn-Hansen, Trondhjems Gullsmedkunst, 1550-1850, (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1963), p. 162, maker #26.
Christian A. Bøje, Danske guld og sølvsmedemærker før 1870 (Copenhagen: Arnold Busck, 1946) pp. 133 & 158, mark 1167.
Hi,
The spoon is a 1st prize in the shooting competition held by Trondhjem's Shooting Club in 1835 and the engraving reads"1ste Præmie Tondhjems (sic) Skyde-Selskab 1835".
In Romerike Historielags Ã…rbok XII 1982, I have found that Trondhjems Skydeselskab (The Shooting Club of Trondhjem) was established in 1812 and active until 1870.
The regional state archive in Trondhjem keeps Trondhjems Skydeselskab's records from the period 1831-1872.
http://www.arkivverket.no/trondheim/kil ... arkiv.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Best regards/JAKJO
The spoon is a 1st prize in the shooting competition held by Trondhjem's Shooting Club in 1835 and the engraving reads"1ste Præmie Tondhjems (sic) Skyde-Selskab 1835".
In Romerike Historielags Ã…rbok XII 1982, I have found that Trondhjems Skydeselskab (The Shooting Club of Trondhjem) was established in 1812 and active until 1870.
The regional state archive in Trondhjem keeps Trondhjems Skydeselskab's records from the period 1831-1872.
http://www.arkivverket.no/trondheim/kil ... arkiv.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Best regards/JAKJO
Norwegian Silver Possibly Trondheim
Hi! I hope this sort of post is acceptable. I want to thank you as well as the others for the information provided on this subject and also for my inquiry regarding Kassel silversmiths in the German Silver Forum a short time back. I appreciate your help in getting my facts straight and opening up to me a whole new world of continental silver. Again thank you....Rock