Spoon In Sterling Silver Early 19th Century, Liège, Belgium, Striche.

Solid silver spoon with threaded pattern, early 19th century. Hallmarks: The “striche”, aka test-tube scratch. It has the appearance of a scar in the metal, a mark that is generally found on works from Wallonia from the 17th and 18th centuries - it was a matter of taking a small sample to verify that the metal was indeed this that he pretended to be. This punch is also called “silver grab”. Overprint hallmark – Gothic letter “E”: Belgian import hallmark in use from March 1, 1832 to July 1, 1869. In addition, this hallmark was used from March 1, 1832 to May 1, 1832 for the inventory of works dating from before the Dutch period when these did not bear the Dutch guarantee or census hallmarks. Source: - the Liègoise goldsmith, by Baron Oscar de Schaetzen. Mercator Fund, Antwerp, 1976. - Goldsmithing with the Brussels Hallmark, by Jacques Vanwittenberg, 1979. Please note: this spoon is in very good general condition. Dimensions: Length: 20.4 cm Width: 4.3 cm Weight: 62 gr Shipping costs for France (in Colissimo with tracking) are 8 euros, please contact us for all other destinations. We are at your disposal for any further information.