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thank you for the response - i believe that you are correct.

does anyone know the typical purity of georg roth silver?

i have a basket which i suspect may be german but have no specific evidence beyond the feel of the metal. i do not find a hallmark but there are initials as noted. am i barking up the wrong tree? can anyone read the intials or explain what the indicate - maker's mark? http://www.mindspring.com/~davi...

i have a pair of silver candelabra for which i am seeking confirmation of mark and dating. if i am interpreting the hallmark properly it would be austria-hungary pre 1866. can anyone confirm? unfortunately i cannot read the year if indeed those 4 marks represent years. possibly 1840? http://www.mind...

after more study, a c. 1920 - 45 dating is also possible but i still think of the design as georgian. my major objection is that the closer to the 20th c the more likely that manufactured goods were marked and branded.

regent may be the pattern.

with nothing but a sterling stamp and some numbers, is there any way to id the maker of this pot? i would think not, but perhaps someone familar with this type of article would have some suggestions based upon construction or design. i assume that it is american given the sterling stamp but one eBay...

i guess the reason i thought it had silver content was 1. the topazio website has a similar though obviously different pitcher / decanter with precisely the same silver collar under its sterling section. 2. the few dealers i found were claiming similarly marked items as silver / sterling. but alas t...

after looking i did not find any specific silver marks....so i guess the conclusion is that this is silverplate?

i have a decanter made by topazio of portuagal with a stamp as shown. does anyone know if the H designates a year or perhaps a maker. given the nature of the firm i suspect the former. i also suspect that it is relatively recent but there is some circumstantial evidence suggesting that it may not be...