Is this a spoon from Strassbourg, late 1700?
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 3:35 pm
Hi
I got this spoon and tried to identify. I found a good match using Tardy for Strassbourg, France, for the period around 1780-1790. The crowned "13" as city mark could be a fit. The worn crowned mark can be an E or an F, but can also be something else. Maker mark reads LETZ. The spoon has a (crude) engraving, reading:
1816 M.J.G. Gotten Frau M.A.L.
which is German and translates as 1816 M.J.G godmother madam M.A.L.
My interpretation is MJG received this spoon as a present from her/his godmother MAL in 1816. I think it is realistic, giving a 20-30 year old spoon as a present to a godchild.
What can you tell me on the spoon?
Thank you, Jörg
I got this spoon and tried to identify. I found a good match using Tardy for Strassbourg, France, for the period around 1780-1790. The crowned "13" as city mark could be a fit. The worn crowned mark can be an E or an F, but can also be something else. Maker mark reads LETZ. The spoon has a (crude) engraving, reading:
1816 M.J.G. Gotten Frau M.A.L.
which is German and translates as 1816 M.J.G godmother madam M.A.L.
My interpretation is MJG received this spoon as a present from her/his godmother MAL in 1816. I think it is realistic, giving a 20-30 year old spoon as a present to a godchild.
What can you tell me on the spoon?
Thank you, Jörg
