1945 NORWAY Large Sculptural LIBERATION SPOON

WORLD WAR II SCULPTURAL LARGE 1945 LIBERATION SPOON, Hallmarked Silver, Norway

Norwegian silver "Liberation" spoon,
created to celebrate the liberation of Norway from German occupation at the end of World War II.

The heroic figure holds a circular shield with the Norwegian crown on a radiating four-leaf clover... broken chains of oppression continue around the bowl

The circular bowl reads :
"NORGE 1945 BRUTT BLEV LENKER BAND OG TVANG"
("Broken were chains, bonds and restraints") from Ibsen's Pier Gynt)

Weight : approx 3.3 troy oz.

Length : 7-3/4 , bowl diameter 2-5/8"

Maker : Thorvald Marthinsen, Tonsberg, Norway

Identifying marks : NM, 830.S, for solid silver, 830 standard;
image of a goblet and letter "M", the maker mark for Thorvald Marthinsen.

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