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GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:40 pm
by JdTepf
Please forgive me if I am posting this in the wrong forum. I look for a forum label "Clueless" but I didn't find it ;)

I have research the "GWA" mark and found no matching maker's name or known location. If anyone has any information it would be greatly appreciated. I also do not know what type of spoon it is.... it is similar to a "Jelly" spoon but not sure that is correct either. Here are two pictures:

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Thanks so much :)

Re: GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:40 am
by dognose
Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

Can you try to capture a larger, sharp image of the marks.

Trev.

Re: GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 11:54 am
by JdTepf
Hi Trev,

Thanks for the welcome. I am posting the other pics I have available at the moment and I will try and get a few more tonight. The hard part is that the marks are not really sharp to start with.....

Also if it matters the spoon is approximately 5.5 inches long

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Thanks so much :)

Re: GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:28 pm
by JdTepf
Okay, I clean up the marks a little to try and get better images of them. Hope this helps.

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Re: GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:43 pm
by Aguest
Is the first mark the "key" mark from the city of Bremen in Germany? And then the maker's initials? ::: This could be a German spoon? ::: I am not an expert, but I have had a few spoons that I thought were English and they turned out to be from Germany :::

Re: GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 6:42 am
by Dendriet
Hi all,

A shot in the dark: Bremen: Georg Wilhelm Aldefeld, around 1820


Dendriet

Re: GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:06 pm
by R ingo
Hello Dendrit,

you are right, it is Georg Wilhelm Aldefeld from Bremen.
Kind regards, Ringo
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Re: GWA Maker's Mark - Unknown

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 4:07 pm
by JdTepf
Thank you all! This is so awesome to know :) I really appreciate your time and energy (and knowledge) in helping me figure this out. In quick research the net seems rather scare on info. So I guess I will do some digging. :) Have a great weekend and Happy Fourth (US)!