Danish Enamel Coffee Spoons Set
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A set of six sterling and enamel coffee spoons, mid 20th century, marked Denmark and sterling to reverse of throat, the petite gilt washed spoons with guilloche enamel in various colours to the reverse of the bowl and to the tapered handles, a small knop to the terminal; boxed. Length 9.5 cm. Weight 54gr
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- Knop (silver) - A knop on a silver item is either a bulbous protrusion mid way along a stem, such as on a candlestick or at the end of a stem, such as on a spoon, or a knob or finial on top of a cover or lid, that acts as a handle. On a stemmed item such as a candlestick there may be a series of knops of different shapes.
- Guilloche - A form of classical decoration consisting of a repeating ornament of interlacing curved bands, sometimes forming circles, and further decorated with rosettes or other flower forms.
The name is derived from the inventor, French engineer Guillot, who invented a mechanical method of inscribing fine repeating patterns on to metallic surfaces.
On enamelled items with guilloche decoration, the surface is firstly engraved with the repeating pattern, and then covered with several layers of enamel, each of which is fired.
Where the item has not been enamelled the form of decoration is usually called "engine turned".
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