On April 25, 1860 a young goldsmith named Ditlev Madsen Cohr opened his workshop in Fredericia where he made his living on the manufacture and sale of hand-forged silver flatware. In 1883 he passed away, and his widow led the business until the eldest son, the 25-year-old Carl Madsen Cohr, could take over. Carl then quickly introduced mechanical manufactury methods to the business and in 1895 he began to produce hollowware. By 1921, Cohr began to produce silver plated items, under ATLA Silver Plate.
When Carl M. Cohr died in 1925, Harald Lützen became the president of the company with Carl’s son Einar Cohr as vice president. The Cohr company had largest silverware factory of its time, and used the designs of several famous designers: Mr. Eduart Eggeling, Knud V . Engelhardt, Sigfred Wagner, Mogens Koch and HF Gross. In the 1930’s, steel items began to be produced.
The item is a set of 8 double ribbed vintage silver plated table knives manufactured by the Danish flatware company Cohr under the Atla silver plate trademark.
Each knife is handle-stamped COHR Atla EX.
The knives may require polishing, but is in very good condition.
Length” 18.3 cm, Width of handle top: 2 cm, Width of blade: 1.6 cm
