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Indeed collecting tray,



Italian, town mark of Verona, San Zeno? Perhaps Andrea can tell more.

Peter

Nice silver miniature wicker rice basket, by Wang Hing. Beware of forgeries. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=78976dc6be027e16&sca_upv=1&q=wang+hing+silver+miniatures&udm=2&source=univ&fir=fmp97GjB6hiAXM%252CeGl5yWJyNaVXdM%252C_%253BrYtZ3sKoLqQZWM%252CNP17Hhl4ubzuJM%252C_%25...

Hi Guido, will move you to the German section. Theoderich can possibly give more information about the Zwickau swan.

Peter.

Hi Guido see: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=218580&hilit=French+swan#p218580 The French swan mark: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=218335&hilit=French+swan#p218335 Grapes and Swan mark Hanau, unattributed Hanau style pseudo marks, possibly Schleissner. https:/...

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/922/2YRMWa.jpg If assay office number is 72, it could be for (département de l'Ourthe) Liège in Belgium . Lozenge with just initials in Liège between 1798-1809 are not uncommon. Although I could not find a proper Belgian match for I.T or IT in lozenge. ...

Silver Ottoman tray with filigree openwork edges. Wire braided handles decorated with filigree leaf-shaped swirls. The oval tray decorated with a band of engraved flower vines (Clematis Orientalis). Ottoman Empire hallmarks. This tray with the fragile handles is certainly not suitable for serving h...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catawiki#:~:text=Catawiki's%20auctions%20are%20online%2Donly,value%2C%20authenticate%20and%20curate%20objects. Catawiki, indeed a Dutch online auction platform. They organize special sales under the guidance of an expert. The sellers describe and place their items on ...

Hi Victoria,

Check out Gebrüder Deyhle, Schwäbisch Gmünd.
https://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884_2.html

Peter.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/923/RRUMtP.jpg Food for thoughts. Walter van Dievoet in his Répertoire général des orfèvres et des marques d'orfèvrerie en Belgique II - Algemeen repertorium van de edelsmeden en van de merken van edelsmeedwerk in België II 1798-1942, shows a L with a d...

You would have expected the marks on the inside of the buckle. Here they are in full view, perhaps that is why the marks have been embellished.
To me, the maker's mark appears to be a stylized L with a dash in the shape of a comma.

Peter.

Definitely unusual stylized marks. Finland came to mind, the Finnish crown? "I stand to be corrected"


Peter

Hi, it could be Hanau style pseudo marks. For example the crown mark, this type of crown is characteristic of J.D. Schleissner and Söhne, but could also have been used by other Hanau silversmiths. See; https://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_hanau_marks_01.html Your image nr.8 shows the Dutch standard mark...

The absence of genuine Russian hallmarks. In compliance with British law, the British fine art trade uses the term "white metal" in auction catalogues to describe foreign silver items which do not carry British Assay Office hallmarks, but which are nonetheless understood to be silver and a...

Hi Juke, Indeed there is an interest in fake Russian silver with "nice " pseudo marks. In 2015 I showed, during a forum discussion about Russian silver Fake or Fortune, this page from a Bonhams auction catalogue. Amazing, and some day these sold fakes will return to the trade with or witho...

This one has been offered at a Dutch auction in 2022 Description Russian silver inkwell, 84 zolotnik, 875/000, standing round model placed on 4 oval feet. On the side of the inkwell, 2 rats with tools climb the pot. On the front of the pot is a soldered element of a double-headed eagle with crown an...

Hi Juke, is it an inkwell or? The marks seem fake to me. What could be the meaning of the mean looking dressed and armed rats. I've seen rats like this before on counterfeit Russian silver.


Peter.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/922/AGjUgq.jpg Images of a Silver Ottoman tray https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/924/HEN3t1.jpg Silver Ottoman tray with filigree openwork edges. Wire braided handles decorated with filigree leaf-shaped swirls. The oval tray decorated with a...

mysterling wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:26 am Peter thanks so much.
I am truly impressed with your knowledge.
Thanks again

Hi, correction my not so impressing knowledge😏
Amena is right it appears to be the mark of Alignani, it also explains the absence of the national German silver mark, crescent moon and crown.

Peter

Lion rampant for Gebrüder Deyhle, Schwäbisch Gmünd.

According to this Deyhle mark, the item dates from the period between 1886 and around 1920. After that, the lion was no longer shown in the frame


Peter.

Hi welcome to the forum. More likely modified Egyptian marks from left to right; 1.) Assay office identifier- Qena, above fineness mark = 90% silver ۹۰ . 2.) lotus flower. 3.) Date mark around 1990(?). Peter Source; World Hallmarks Volume II, Asia, middle East, Africa Hallmark Research Institute.