Small ladle, Prague 1785 or 1795
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:15 am
L 20 cm, weight 130 g, 5 cm across the bowl, monogrammed L.
Marks:
13 Loth in oval used in Prague 1776 - 1806
Re-marking, mainly 1806 – 1807 for taxable big articles that have already been stamped.
Prague town mark (crowned lion rampant) with the year, either 1785 or 1795.
Maker`s mark AD unknown to me.
What was the use of those very small ladles (punch, sauce…)?
Can AD maker is Prague be identified?
![Image](https://abload.de/img/1ikkf0.jpg)
![Image](https://abload.de/img/punzen37lkj9.jpg)
![Image](https://abload.de/img/page-1-image-123krk.jpg)
The period of peace, 1806–09, again saw Austrian preparations for war, this time directed by a Rhineland German in Habsburg service, Johann Philipp, Graf (count) von Stadion,who spent years in a strenuous and partly successful attempt to reorganize the disordered finances. (He founded Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank in 1816).
In 1806 he suggested to the Emperor of Austria to issue a manifesto providing for taxation and duties on gold and silver. A new mark (Repunzierung) was introduced as acknowledgement of receipt of paid taxes.
The Assay Office code were: A Vienna, B Prague, C Salzburg, D Lemberg, E Cracow, F Brunn, G Linz, H Graz, I Klagenfurt, K Leibach, L Trieste.
The obligatory re-marking of old articles was abolished on August 1, 1807.
Marks:
13 Loth in oval used in Prague 1776 - 1806
Re-marking, mainly 1806 – 1807 for taxable big articles that have already been stamped.
Prague town mark (crowned lion rampant) with the year, either 1785 or 1795.
Maker`s mark AD unknown to me.
What was the use of those very small ladles (punch, sauce…)?
Can AD maker is Prague be identified?
![Image](https://abload.de/img/1ikkf0.jpg)
![Image](https://abload.de/img/punzen37lkj9.jpg)
![Image](https://abload.de/img/page-1-image-123krk.jpg)
The period of peace, 1806–09, again saw Austrian preparations for war, this time directed by a Rhineland German in Habsburg service, Johann Philipp, Graf (count) von Stadion,who spent years in a strenuous and partly successful attempt to reorganize the disordered finances. (He founded Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank in 1816).
In 1806 he suggested to the Emperor of Austria to issue a manifesto providing for taxation and duties on gold and silver. A new mark (Repunzierung) was introduced as acknowledgement of receipt of paid taxes.
The Assay Office code were: A Vienna, B Prague, C Salzburg, D Lemberg, E Cracow, F Brunn, G Linz, H Graz, I Klagenfurt, K Leibach, L Trieste.
The obligatory re-marking of old articles was abolished on August 1, 1807.