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Thank you very much for info. These are the only marks on box. I thought this was indeed german made by the engine turned design of wavy lines/diamond shapes on box circa 1850. Found this box and another that had hallmarks unfamiliar will add other box marks on other countries research area.

Thank you Cheryl for info on small crowned heart very informative. I guess I should consider the larger scent heart a Luktevannshus. When my 9 year old granddaughter first saw scent heart she told me this was a boys silver heart made by ET the extra terrestrial. I have to say all things considered I...

Hello Zolotnik,
Wow! Thank you very, very much. I will try to find one of these books. One of the oldest silver we have found.

Well I guess this answers the exact size question. I always wondered how to rolled your own in the old days so you could use the silver holders. Too small would just fall out too large and would not fit holders. My dad would roll his own velvet or prince albert. His opinion was that hand rolled mach...

If you are having work bench made for against wall. Consider height kitchen table top and width to wall kitchen, counter top length what ever desired. If table top height you can work some while comfortably seated. If width not to wide can easily reach across to back wall if you wish to add shelving...

Have not tested thought it may be coin silver. Any ideas of maker?

Seen one at work in the usa once made sort of like this item. The tube was split and there was a cap on end. We thought it may have been an internal hole gauge. Would show when a hole dia. was a go or no go quality wise. The only reason why it would be made of sterling maybe it was used in dairy or ...

My hands don't work well anymore either after 40 years industrial maintenance/electrician in the steel industry. If you have an area to devote to a solid wooden work bench that is secured so it wont tip over. Why not secure silver work pieces with soft jawed vice or larger pieces with wood jigs cove...

We have not tested yet at jewelers looks like gold plated silver. It has a small ring on leg maybe to be worn as pendant and there was a lot of snuff residue on inside. Maybe this type of item more common in Europe. May or may not have one small mark on inside hard to tell. Any idea? https://www.925...

Hello, I would not think using a bench grinder would ever give you the results for what you wish to accomplish. A 6in. to 8 in. cloth buffing wheel on a 1/ 2 horse powered motor turns at approx. 1000rpms or more. There will be a fixed guard (housing around 2/3 of the wheels circumference) and a rest...

would this be maybe Hungarian or Romanian. Has Pfunol monogram. 13. loth and makers mark AW or could AW be a Prussian tax mark?

Does any one know these marks. Date letter or maker. Also would the little one have hallmarks. I read on one of the post maybe master silversmith struck marks up to four times?

Hello Theoderich,
I found your post on the A. Holle 12 loth item with chevron hallmark in forum. It is very near exact to 18th century Hanau chevron. This is the first time I have seen the castle with the shield chevron in archway. Thank you for this info.

Hello Theoderich, Thank you I will research further.I have been cleaning and researching box hallmarks further. In particular the one I thought looked like MS after cleaning and staring at for a long period it may look more like 14 5l or 14 1/2. So I am trying to determine if this my be a purity lod...

Does anyone think that it looks a little like a Luneburg lion in a shield?

Maybe James Barratt London 1810 hallmark.

Need help with this box has a monogram maybe CS looks like raised silver letters on inside of top. It has 1663 with what looks like a partial Hanau city mark. It also has what looks like a cat, lion or griffin in a shield in the inside bottom of box as well as maybe the makers mark of ms. Any info w...

The hallmark to right is 800 in a square lozenge. I do not see any other marks. There is a silver hallmark of Bern, Switzerland XVI Shield with passant bear. Maybe someone more recent has fashioned their hallmark similarly.

Is anyone familiar with this silversmith mark seems similar to Mannheim Jean Schmitt Heidelbergs mark in resource e-book section. But this wine taster looks more like 1900s.

Thank you very much.
John