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  1. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Fish cake spoon?
     
    KikoBlueEyes, Nov 27, 2019
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  2. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    Aspic server?
     
    wiscbirddog, Nov 27, 2019
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  3. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Well if not berry, then how about olive.
     
    clutteredcloset49, Nov 27, 2019
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  4. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    Really?!?

    Nope...

    Nope...

    Oops, I'm too slow...

    Ding, Ding, Ding!!! Specific type, but close enough...


    ~Cheryl
     
    DragonflyWink, Nov 27, 2019
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  5. shallow_ocean_spectre

    shallow_ocean_spectre fine.books' bumping squirrel

    One of those blue-eyes devil-cats typed that!

    ;)
    .
     
    shallow_ocean_spectre, Nov 27, 2019
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  6. shallow_ocean_spectre

    shallow_ocean_spectre fine.books' bumping squirrel

    Lingonberry spoon?
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    shallow_ocean_spectre, Nov 27, 2019
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  7. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: You know them then.
     
    KikoBlueEyes, Nov 27, 2019
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  8. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Have no idea what berries were available or grown in Denmark in the late 1800s.
     
    clutteredcloset49, Nov 27, 2019
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  9. shallow_ocean_spectre

    shallow_ocean_spectre fine.books' bumping squirrel

    shallow_ocean_spectre, Nov 27, 2019
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  10. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    It's a 'jordbærske' (strawberry spoon), sugar is sprinkled over the cut strawberries, the sweet juice is drained and retained for use, berries served...


    Made by the prominent Peter Hertz - the back of the bowl tells its purpose, engraved with fat little strawberries:


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    ~Cheryl
     
    DragonflyWink, Nov 27, 2019
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  11. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    That's priceless. Where did you ever find that!!!!
     
    KikoBlueEyes, Nov 27, 2019
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  12. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    It's a lovely spoon.
     
    clutteredcloset49, Nov 27, 2019
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  13. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    Very cool Cheryl. Glad you found yourself a treasure!
     
    wiscbirddog, Nov 27, 2019
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  14. shallow_ocean_spectre

    shallow_ocean_spectre fine.books' bumping squirrel

    @KikoBlueEyes - "That" just wandered into my house one afternoon and took over. I made the .gif as a reminder of what Life was like back when I only had ten sweet, lovely, adorable cats - and no %^$#* Snowshoe.
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    shallow_ocean_spectre, Nov 27, 2019
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  15. shallow_ocean_spectre

    shallow_ocean_spectre fine.books' bumping squirrel

    @DragonflyWink - No, no... this can't be it. Too easy. Let's keep guessing.
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    shallow_ocean_spectre, Nov 27, 2019
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  16. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    It's your baby!! How wonderful. Of course he/she took over. Snowshoes are particularly wonderful. Totally in your face types. Friends of mine had domestic short hairs and then Henry the snowshoe arrived. They were never the same after that.
     
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  17. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member


    Thanks - they're not particularly uncommon, but even if engraved with strawberries, they're so large that most non-Danes don't realize their purpose (I was waiting for a 'deal' to get mine)...

    ~Cheryl
     
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  18. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member


    Sorry, but it is what it is - from a 1914 catalog (Antique Rococo pattern):


    danishstrawberryspoons1914kronesolv.JPG

    ~Cheryl
     
    DragonflyWink, Nov 28, 2019
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  19. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    Some other large Danish serving spoons, the first two are grødskeer (porridge spoons), the next two are ragoutskeer (stew spoons):

    1) engraved with 1879 date, made by P.C. Ness - 13-1/4" long.

    2) Dated 1863, made by V. Christesen - 10-3/8" long.

    3) Dated 1872, made by P Hertz - 11-1/2" long.

    4) Dated 1885, made by P. Hertz - 11-5/8" long.

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    ~Cheryl
     
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  20. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Dang. I was so sure it was for lifting watermelon cubes out of an ice chest.
     
    Bronwen, Nov 28, 2019
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