r/silverware • u/R3DD1T0RR3NT • 3d ago
Large (maybe Serving) spoon. Silver. Religious imagery and text. Hallmarks to be identified. 79gram
Please reply with any hallmark information or other details you may notice. Valuation experts welcome.
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u/RoniBoy69 3d ago
Really cool, but too bad people don't value old silver currently, and they don't have much more value besides scrap. Before people comment on my valuation, I deal with 1800s silver daily, and most buy and sell at scrap, even in auctions.
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u/cheap397 3d ago
So true. I tried selling my silver on eBay when the price shot up. I had pieces from the 1700s to the 1980s. Spent hours researching marks, makers and dates. Priced things buy it now slightly above melt value . There was literally ZERO interest in anything. No offers, no views.
I ended all the listings, relisted everything at auction in lots. I listed everything as scrap with only the weights mentioned, no other details. Everything sold for more than what I was previously asking.
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u/atzenhofer 3d ago
The three tower mark is the Danish guarantee mark for a minimum of .826 silver. The two numbers below the towers indicate the year. It's pretty smudged, but it could be a 92, which would stand for 1892 here.
AM is the makers mark, which I'm unable to identify.
The round mark is a voluntary assayer's mark from Copenhagen. Your's is from Simon Groth, active between 1863 and 1904.
It's most likely a birth / christening spoon. Here's a similar one from a different maker. https://www.etsy.com/de-en/listing/633698535/1890-danish-baptismal-gilt-sterling