Wilkens & Söhne Spaten table accessories - from underplate to napkin

At first sight, it hardly seems possible that this design dates from the first third of the 19th century: Spaten . Its bold Silhouette and clear, smooth surfaces have delighted lovers of silver tableware for more than six generations. The table accessory is made from base metal with a silver plating in Germany. The silver is applied with a galvanic bath and is indicated in Germany usually in gramme for 12 forks and spoons, assumed with 24dm². In other countries such information predominantly is renounced. The surface is free of nickel . Spaten is highly polished. The functional, classical table accessories has only some additional parts - from underplate to napkin ring, from napkin ring to underplate. Heinrich Wilkens in 1810, the company was originally a embossing institution for silver. Hollowware from silver was made for the Hanseatic town Bremen and for the kingdom of Hannover.