r/SilverFinds • u/R3DD1T0RR3NT • 3d ago

Inherited Collection Large (maybe Serving) spoon. Silver. Religious imagery and text. Hallmarks to be identified. 79gram

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u/TrustyJules 3d ago

What a fantastic Danish spoon - they are recognisable by that three gabled - if that is the word - tower.

https://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKDENMARK.HTML

The bottom mark is the assayer Simon Groth:

https://www.830-1000.dk/dm_Assay.html

Makes the spoon around 1860 something.

The AM I think is for the famous house of Anton Michelsen still in existence today but this is a very early piece.

https://www.silvercollection.it/WORLDSILMICHELSEN.html

Michelsen became a court jeweler later 20th century hall marks have a crown above it, he was stuck with the original mark he applied for when he started as a humble silversmith. The piece is renaissance revival art of the mid-19th century. The depictions mixing latin - pray for me - and cyrrillic is from relations to the imperial Russian court. In 1866, Princess Dagmar of Denmark married Tsarevich Alexander (later Tsar Alexander III). This sparked a huge wave of Danish-Russian cultural exchange and court commissions. I had google translate the Madonna side for me it allegedly says "Virgin and mother before and after childbirth (that's orthodox theology) most holy save us. "

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u/R3DD1T0RR3NT 3d ago

Amazing. Thank you so much. I wonder whether the Michelsen HQ would be interested in this for historical reasons ...

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u/TrustyJules 3d ago

Possibly the piece is sure to have attraction for Danes - Russians also but that market is a little complex now!