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Portuguese Spoon
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:08 am
by JanGroen
Good day
I am trying to find out more about this Portuguese 833 silver crested spoon. It has L. MARQUES written on it followed by an unknown mark and then the Porto 833 silver mark.
Any idea of who the maker could be of this spoon? What does the coat of arms represent?
Jannie
Re: Portuguese Spoon
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:21 am
by AG2012
Hi,
Maputo, formerly (until 1976) Lourenço Marques, port city and capital of Mozambique.
Regards
Re: Portuguese Spoon
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:27 am
by AG2012
Curiously, the maker has confused heraldic symbols.
Palm- bottom.
Globe- right.
Sun - left.
Re: Portuguese Spoon
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:31 am
by dognose
Hi Jannie,
Maker's mark is perhaps Ferreira Marques & Irmão.
See:
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 0&p=104094
Trev.
Re: Portuguese Spoon
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:49 pm
by JanGroen
Thank you for the replies. Yes the mark looks like a pot with a pen in it.
Interesting that they have sifted the heraldic symbols.
Groete
Jannie
Re: Portuguese Spoon
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:57 pm
by silverly
JanGroen wrote:Thank you for the replies. Yes the mark looks like a pot with a pen in it.
Interesting that they have sifted the heraldic symbols.
Groete
Jannie
I see the same order of symbols on the 1956 The City of Lourenco Marques Guide: Carlos Alberto Vieira Da Silva and elsewhere. It must have been acceptable to switch them around.