Portuguese Spoon

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JanGroen
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Portuguese Spoon

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Good day

I am trying to find out more about this Portuguese 833 silver crested spoon. It has L. MARQUES written on it followed by an unknown mark and then the Porto 833 silver mark.
Any idea of who the maker could be of this spoon? What does the coat of arms represent?

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Re: Portuguese Spoon

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Hi,
Maputo, formerly (until 1976) Lourenço Marques, port city and capital of Mozambique.
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Re: Portuguese Spoon

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Curiously, the maker has confused heraldic symbols.
Palm- bottom.
Globe- right.
Sun - left.
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Re: Portuguese Spoon

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Hi Jannie,

Maker's mark is perhaps Ferreira Marques & Irmão.

See: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 0&p=104094

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Re: Portuguese Spoon

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Thank you for the replies. Yes the mark looks like a pot with a pen in it.
Interesting that they have sifted the heraldic symbols.
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Re: Portuguese Spoon

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JanGroen wrote:Thank you for the replies. Yes the mark looks like a pot with a pen in it.
Interesting that they have sifted the heraldic symbols.
Groete
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I see the same order of symbols on the 1956 The City of Lourenco Marques Guide: Carlos Alberto Vieira Da Silva and elsewhere. It must have been acceptable to switch them around.
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