Posted 11 years ago
kivatinitz
(345 items)
Both are marked with the German hallmarking system unified in 1888 (see Decree January 7, 1886) adopting the national mark "crescent and crown" indicating in thousandths the fineness of silver. In the last picture the hallmarks are better defined. This system is still in use in present days. http://www.silvercollection.it/germansilverhallmark2.html and the makers mark of Lutz & Weiss used about 1900 http://www.silvercollection.eu/50GERMANIABIS.jpg . The style is very Jugendstil, the German Art Nouveau.
It's lovely that the back of the spoon handle is also decorated.
STUNNING!!!
kivatinitz,
by such spoons want to eat.
Love it!!
thanks Sergey, Sklo and Sean for the commentaries and Rick, Inky, Vetraio, AGH, fortapache, racer, Mikel, Ivonne, Kyratango and katherines for loves.
Thanks to Anne Landers for the love
Just simply gorgeous. I love old precious metals and metal ware as well.
thanks twentiethcentury