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Thanks for the info!

Further research on this site shows that mark has been used from 1968 onwards, so it's not from the Art Nouveau period, as I had thought it might be.

I just got this Art Nouveau Vanity Jar at a yard sale. The mark is extremely small. It contains a star (crisp, thin star outline, not solid), the number "572" and an uppercase "MI". Aslo marked ".925" Any ideas? Thanks https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www....

` Just an update here, with clearer photos, for future reference. I polished the (very small) Hungarian dog head hallmark with the tip of a wooden toothpick to enhance the shine. On the left, a "3", then a dog head, then a "P" on the right. The "3" is for "3rd grad...

Great! Thank you.

Any ideas on these hallmarks? A European country? (The mark on the left is unclear, but it's the best I can do.)

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Good points!

Thanks again for all of your help.

Yes, you're right, mine doesn't even try to mimic the repousse work (from the underside). Here's another one that doesn't, described as: "Dutch Cherubs Fused plate Rococo style Silver tea strainer, 1890." But they could be wrong. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www.925-1000....

Sorry about my linking faux pas. It was only the photos I was interested in showing, of one of many others that are very similar to mine. Here are the images. Identified as "German, 1900." Size and weight the same as mine. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www.925-1000.com/pic...

Thanks, again. Here's one, on this forum no less. http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23714 Also, I've now turned up several others online, with the cherubs, too, and many with the lumpy underside as well. And, I see that silver electrotyping (for the purpose of copying older styles) has b...

Thank you for that. Now I have some leads to investigate further. Also, I'd never heard of electrotyping, but now that I have read about it, it does make sense that the "rococo revival" would use that technique for copying older styles. Plus, that accounts for the appearance of the bottom ...

I can't find the company name, but I did find the exact same marks on another tray, and they are clearly N.S.Co. STERLING MEXICO, with the Knight's head. Hope that helps.

Another possibility is Persian. Different language, but just about the same script.

Is this mark (pic 3) Chinese? Korean? or something else? It's on a 2" perfume bottle that is also marked STERLING. I have also included a crudely drawn approximation of what the symbol looks like to me, sort of. Thanks http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/dogdream/925%20bottle%20007_zpspjngh34...

I've no idea about this one. Picked it up at a yard sale today. It tests as high grade silver, so the 930 sounds right. I'm guessing European, because of the 930, but beyond that ...? (admin edit - see Posting Requirements ) 5.5" long x 4" diam. -- 64 grams The abbreviated maker's mark is,...

Very cool. Thanks!

Is there anything there that indicates the date, or approximate date?

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Any ideas on these marks? Three marks, left to right.: 1. Looks like a "V" inside a pentagram, with a cross on top. 2. 800 3. can't even describe this one. (Not a J and not a crescent.) Thanks! http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/dogdream/800%20a_zpsybblax8a.jpg http://i17.photobucket.co...

Very cool bangles, and unusual. Possibly from one of the "tribal" areas of China's southwest. That's only a guess.

My guess is Chinese, very possibly Hong Kong. Toothpick or cigarette holder, or shot glass?? And maybe not silver. You may want to test it for silver content.

Yes, probably Thai, possibly Lao or Cambodian. It was very common for the ethnic Chinese silver makers in those countries to stamp their wares with the Chinese characters for their business name, and often some other marks in the local language/script for purity and weight. But in bygone years at le...

Yes, I would agree, the origination is either Thailand, Laos, or Cambodia, in that order. Very common for the mostly-Chinese makers in those countries, at least the bigger ones, to stamp their wares with the Chinese characters for their business name, and often some other marks in the local language...