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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 10465620, member: 111&quot;]Been a while since I&#039;ve posted some of my stuff, so thought I&#039;d show some more:</p><p><br /></p><p>Jugendstil coffee spoon with stylized gingko leaf motif, gilt .800 silver set with a chrysoprase cabochon, engraved as a souvenir of Baden-Baden, no maker&#039;s mark (Déposé is a French term indicating the design is registered, also found on German pieces), suspect this spoon was produced by one of the Pforzheim firms.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526435[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526436[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526437[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not suggesting my spoon was made by Fahner, just showing a brooch from a Pforzheim maker with some similarities:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526438[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An unusual late Meiji era Japanese naturalistic spoon, fully gilt except for the cherry blossom petals, French swan mark, used on imports from non-trade treaty countries starting in 1893, measures 6.25&quot; long - to my eye, strikingly lovely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526440[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526441[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526442[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="4">More to come...</font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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