Art Deco Norwegian Pastry Tongs Solid Silver Handles Hestenes Norway Gebäckzange

  
Art Deco Norwegian Pastry Tongs with Solid Silver Handles Kristian. Made in Bergen in 1920s 1930s by Kristian. Hestenes, these beautiful and fawless tongs have silver handles both hallmarked.

The upper part of the tongs follow essentially the shape of the handles, the lower part is shield shaped. Tanks to their good size (20m cm in length), they are useful to take pastries, sandwiches, bread.

Hallmarks have been used in Norway since the sixteenth century. The system included city marks, assayer's marks, date letters, date numbers and maker's marks.

In 1891 a simplified national system was established and it is still in use today. It requires only a silver standard mark accompanied by a maker's mark. The old Norwegian standard was of. 925 purity began replacing it. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Non-U.2012" and is located in this country: IT. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Composition: Silver Alloy 830 and Silver Plate
2. Maker: Kristian M. Hestenes, Bergen Norway
3. Type: cake tonhgs
4. Age: 1930's