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Radlpunze Prague 1857 + MS
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:51 am
by silverfan
Hi all,
big spoon circa 28 cm, Austria-Hungary Prague 1857 with maker's mark "MS". Who is the maker? All hints welcome.
Regards silverfan
Re: Radlpunze Prague 1857 + MS
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:50 pm
by meyrink
MS - Schneider Matyáš Karel (*15.2.1802 - 24.1.1877)
Re: Radlpunze Prague 1857 + MS
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:09 pm
by silverfan
Thank you very much for your quick answer. Perhaps you know some details. When Schneider became master? In Prague? Where did you find these deteils?
Regards silverfan
Re: Radlpunze Prague 1857 + MS
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:02 am
by blakstone
Matyáš Karel [Matthias Karl] Schneider, born 15 Feb 1802 in Prague, the son of goldsmith František [Franz] Schneider (1773-1827) & Anna Zdárská. Roman Catholic; baptized the day of his birth at Church of St. Francis Seraphicus in Prague. Apprenticed to his father 1812-1817. Master 17 Jun 1829; Prague citizen 9 Jun 1835. Married 12 Nov 1834 to Frantiska Barbora Krátká (1809-1866). 3rd guild warden 1856-1857. Three children: Mathilda Johanna (1835-1859); Karl Ferdinand, (b. 1836; a silversmith who succeeded him) & Walburga Anna, (b. 1840). Died 24 Jan 1877 in Prague.
Hope this helps!
Ref: Josef Hráský,
Výrobnà znaÄky zlatnických, stÅ™Ãbrnických a ozdobnických mistrů v ÄŒechách v letech 1806-1860 (Prague: UmÄ›leckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze, 1981) p. 91 & 162, maker/mark #410; (augmented by my own primary research at the
Prague Archives, a truly remarkable online resource.)
Re: Radlpunze Prague 1857 + MS
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:29 am
by silverfan
Great!! Many thanks blakstone.
Regards silverfan