[0.800 SILVER] - Large Spoon with Openwork Floral Design, Tableware, Everyday Use

An impressive table spoon with a large, deep bowl and a richly decorated handle. The item is made of 800-fine silver and was most likely part of a formal tableware set intended for serving dishes, desserts, fruit, or preserves.
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The bowl has a regular, elongated oval shape, gently tapering where it joins the handle. Its surface remains smooth, devoid of ornamental decoration, thus providing a visual contrast to the elaborate handle.
The handle is shaped as a decorative, partially openwork floral composition. Its lower section, connected to the ladle by a stylized leaf-shaped bracket, is adorned with elongated leaves and relief ornamental bands. In the central section, there is a floral rosette, from which the most elaborate, openwork decoration of the hilt begins.
The top of the handle is crowned by an asymmetrically arranged composition of flowers, leaves, supple stems, and volute ornaments. The individual motifs are sculpted with a distinct variation in relief depth.
The spoon’s form represents the Neorococo style, which was extremely popular in European goldsmithing during the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. The free-flowing floral composition, openwork patterns, volute motifs, and the three-dimensional rendering of the flowers all draw on 18th-century Rococo ornamentation, reinterpreted in accordance with the tastes of the Historicist era. Stylistically, the piece can be dated to approximately 1880–1910.
On the reverse of the handle, near the base of the scoop, there is a clearly stamped “800” mark. This indicates an alloy containing 800 parts of silver per 1,000 parts by weight, corresponding to 800-fine silver. This fineness was commonly used in European goldsmithing, particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Condition: as shown in the photos.