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silverhunter

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iconnumber posted 04-12-2009 05:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for silverhunter     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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About the information about this spoon I can't find the year this spoon was made.

The letter M is stamped in the period between the silversmith was productif.

The silversmith mark IDS and the key stands for Johan Diederik Sluijter who worked from 1720-1761 in Amsterdam. I still don't have information about early year letter mark from Holland so I hope somebody can give the solution about this silver continental spoon. I don't know if J.D. Sluijter was a son of a silversmith but he worked for a rather long period as silversmith in Amsterdam.

I've found a photo of the total mark from the silversmith and send also photo of the spoon. Here in Holland they call it a breilepel.(porridge spoon?).

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blakstone

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iconnumber posted 04-12-2009 05:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for blakstone     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In Amsterdam, during Sluijter's active period, "M" was used in 1722 and 1746. The shape of the maker's mark on your spoon indicates that 1746 is the correct year; Sluijter's first mark, used ca. 1720-1728, was not so perfectly oval, having a more contoured outline.

Hope this helps!

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silverhunter

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iconnumber posted 04-12-2009 07:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for silverhunter     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you so much Blakstone, like I wrote I just bought this one and they offer a lot of 18th century spoons for a short moment and I just got my first from Amsterdam. There is also one spoon with rat tail (17th century) only one half silvermark and I found that a tricky one but keep on searching and sometimes find a bargain.

How is the silver market going in America can you tell me that. Here in Holland there is a growing market right now and even expensive pieces are for sale. But it takes a long time before they sell their products.

Half April the second hand market in Delft (just a little town in south-west part of Holland) start selling. There is always a lot of silver to find and a good hunt is starting. America was in the news a lot of hurricanes/tornado's and fire places so I hope that all the members and family relatives are safe.

Greetings Silverhunter.(Andre).

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