Appetizer fork. Simple form, narrow handle in the upper part widens from the middle of the height. This pattern, popular all over Europe, was called "violin" because of its similarity to the instrument.
Norblin & Co, Warsaw, 1872-1883
Plater, electroplated silver.
Length 13.5 cm.
Ref. Russian eagle, manufactory mark in the oval, number 124.
Good condition.
Zakład Platerniczy Norblinów - the history of the factory dates back to 1820, when Aleksander Jan Konstanty Norblin founded the "Norblin i Spółka" bronze factory with a partner. In 1834, the company was moved to Chłodna Street. In the 1840s, the factory won an award in St. Petersburg and was modernized (including the purchase of an electroplating machine). In 1865, Ludwik Norblin became the owner, buying the factory of metal products from his father. The next decades of the 2nd half of the The nineteenth century was marked by changes and production expansion. The new Norblin company, established at the end of the 19th century, was to become the largest plating factory in Warsaw.
