Silver fork with Gozdawa coat of arms T.Werner Warsaw con. XIX c.

Silver / length 18.3 cm / weight 54g;

Silver fork with a handle with small wings and a paddle-like, arched handle;

Decorated with the Gozdawa coat of arms in the form of an applied plaque;

In the field of the shield a two-leaved lily with a horizontal tie in the middle, on a guilloche background;

Above the shield a helmet with a crown, in the jewel five ostrich feathers;

On the reverse, bound monogram of the owner - "BI";

Teodor Werner (1836-1902) - goldsmith, industrialist, co-founder of the Joint Stock Society of Metal Factories under the company "Norblin, Buch Brothers and T.Werner" in Warsaw;

He came from a prominent family of Warsaw goldsmiths, and was the grandson of Johann Georg Bandau and nephew of Karol Filip Malcz (from whom he took over the goldsmith's factory in 1864);

Signed: the 1896-1908 Warsaw Assay Office hallmark (84, head in coconut, AP) / T. Werner and Ska / workshop mark - anchor in oval;