Interesting German 800 Silver Serving Spoons

[trdhrdr007]

Picked up these spoons over the weekend at an estate sale. The 2 largest ones and the more decorative one are all marked 800 silver. The other 2 were marked as shown with just a makers mark & the circular mark that looked like a city mark to me. They looked like silver but I wasn't comfortable buying them at full price. I knew nobody local would buy them without sterling, 925, or 800 marked on them. In fact, I saw the idiot that is my main competition pick them up & put them down after looking for a mark. I did a little research & found out that prior to 1884 the purity mark WAS the city mark. I'm reasonably certain this particular mark is from Kassel City. Total weight of the 5 spoons is 11.9 0zt troy. Not bad for $45.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice buy. Thanks for sharing...

 

[diggummup]

Nice old German silver. I love going behind supposed professional pickers and finding good stuff at sales, and going behind my local competition is even better. The Rieberg spoon is older than the other one that was made by Friedrich Proll. The Rieberg dates to the late 1790-1810 and the other maybe 1830's-1840's, tops.

German 813 Silver Tablespoon 1790 Kassell Rieberg No Monogram from berrycom-com-flatware on Ruby Lane
Silberpunzen aus Deutschland

 

[trdhrdr007]

I see they are asking $131 for the one in the link. Any idea if that's realistic? The Proll weighs in at 2.5 ozt & the Reiberg is 1.5.

I say the guy is my main competition. He's really a retired University employee that thinks he knows a lot more than he really does. In terms of knowledge he is a complete idiot. On top of that he's got the ethics & professional courtesy typical of most blow hard know it alls. Unfortunately he also shows up hours before sales start & knows just enough to get the obviously good jewelry/sterling deals. I've got the eye, experience & knowledge to buy the less obvious items but like the low hanging fruit because it really adds to the bottom line.