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Dutch Deco Baby Spoon - Maker's mark?

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:24 am
by io
Hello Everyone,
Found this adorable Dutch spoon recently, it's small, about 4.5 inches, guess it is a baby or maybe a coffee spoon. It only has 2 marks, both on the back of the bowl. One is the Dutch sword mark for silver and the other is a maker's mark that looks like a crown over VKB. I hope someone out there knows the maker. Thanks
IO

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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:24 am
by Doos
It's the makers mark of "Koninklijke Van Kempen Begeer".
They still excist.

The small mark on top is a sword which was in use for small silver items since 1814 .. it's hard to make out from the picture which one it actually is, but I think one from after 1953/55, which makes sense from the design.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:35 am
by pepijn
The maker is indeed Van Kempen & Begeer. Since this company started in 1961, the second mark has to be the sword for (small) silver after 1953.
For further information see http://www.kempen-begeer.nl" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kind regards,
Pepijn Gonsalves
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