FG shield or harp hallmark

[dw171]

I can't figure out the country or maker this spoon is from. The hallmark looks like a shield or harp with the initials FG. Does anyone know where this is from? Spoon is a little more than 5 1/2" long. A light scratch test and tests as silver, I would say at least 800 silver. Thanks

[Aguest]

Is this the hallmark for the City Of Ulm?

This would be a shield with "Rabbit Ears" on the top, and sometimes the shield is seen without rabbit ears, but it seems as if your hallmark displays a very prominent set of "Rabbit Ears" I would think so? This hallmark was used from the 16th until the 19th century, and I would think your spoon is from 1825-1850 would be my best guess at attempting to date this spoon....

I am not sure who "FG" was, but the Silver Experts of Germany are quite skilled here....

[Aguest]

I'm not quite convinced of Ulm, or Germany, as of yet.... Still looking, but Germany is my first guess, even though the shield doesn't quite match the other Ulm shields I have seen, also the lack of a "zig-zag" assay mark raises more questions....

Possibly Denmark? Maybe the Italian States (before the unification of Italy, there were many different Italian States each with different hallmarks)?

[dognose]

Hi,

It's Swiss, Gely Freres of Lausanne, successors to Papus & Dautun.

See: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... =fg#p13455

Trev.

[Joerg]

As Blackstone states in the linked post, the Gély brothers were active as Gély Frères starting 1813. They were active until 1846.
Your spoon is from around 1830.
Regards, Jörg

[dw171]

thank you all very much