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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 10103828, member: 111&quot;]Cherubim are angels, represented in various forms, usually human, and could be male or female, represented as adult or child - there was a variety of faces found on cherub spoons (and the gender not always clear)...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, believe it&#039;s unlikely your spoons date earlier than the 1789 date, and question if they are even that old.&nbsp; Do believe they have some decent age, but Scandinavian replicas often have dates centuries earlier than their actual production, and should also be kept in mind that there may have been intention to deceptively insinuate greater age.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/285392086862" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/285392086862" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/285392086862</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is a German spoon I&#039;ve seen before, Bulgaria is a very common source of Russian silver fakes, but at least this seller states in their description, &quot;<u>The pattern of this spoon is from <b>Koch &amp; Bergfeld, Bremen</b>, was supplied to <b>Fabergé</b> and sold by this company.&quot;</u></p><p>Koch &amp; Bergfeld did export goods to Russia, including to Fabergé, might question whether the marks are right, but not really my area...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another bearing 1886+ Koch &amp; Bergfeld marks, retailed by Julius Herz:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/153200228608" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/153200228608" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/153200228608</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]507111[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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