AUGUST TIESSELINCK spoons

Any comments on these beauties?

Lauren

They are interesting examples of spoons. August Tiesselink was a superb craftsman and these spoons show a rather unusual crudeness. The spoons were cutout from sheet and then hammered and the bowl formed. There is a naivity in the shape of the bowl and a definate uneveness. I question the attribution. There is no signature on any of the spoons. Note also that the file marks have not been removed on the sawed out shape.

This a link to a demo I did for hand forging a spoon in silver.

http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000716.html

I would not bid on these.

Thanks for pointing these out to us.

Fred

I suspected as much. They seem crude by most standards. Thanks for the warning.
L.

Lauren,

Lo and behold! These very spoons are documented in the biography of August Tiesselinck, image and all. They were made by August in the 60's during his later years.

It is hard to doubt that sort of provenance. I suspect they will sell for fairly high. I still think they are crude and would not buy them.

Best,
Fred

Well, how about that.

But as you said. As a collector, (if money were no object) I would wait and choose a finer example of his work.

Lauren

Lauren, You have hit on a valuable bit of collecting savy. The spoons have mostly historic value and were they not documented in a book they would only have the intrinsic value of the silver. As much as I admire the work of Tiesselink. These spoons do not stand up well with his earlier work.

Best,
Fred