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Not sure if it matters or you may already know but your fork is the Cottage pattern by Gorham so Bell & Bros are merely the retailers.

Defintely 800 silver. You are right about the boars head. The other mark is a makers mark though I don't know who the maker is. The piece is possibly plated in rhodium which was common midcentury and is when this piece dates from.

The company is Pedro Duran, an old and fairly sizable Spanish silver firm

Someone might know offhand what it is but your last pic is blurry and the photobucket logo is covering one of the marks

Definitely Gorham, date mark for 1894 as well. Possibly a tea strainer but probably a sugar sifter. Pieces with designs like this almost never have a name for the pattern, usually just a number. This particular pattern may have only existed as a sugar sifter.

Just a guess but I think it is of South American origins

Sorry no disrespect to 925-1000. It's the best. I just use the other site for American flatware patterns 1st because it undeniably has the largest selection.

Hi again. Sorry for the delayed response. There is a site, sterlingsilverfashions. I knew roughly what era it was from and checked the patterns for the most likely makers until I found yours. Very useful free site for American silver

Hi, I believe your spoon is by London Silversmith John Bryan. It matches up with Jackson's and Grimwade's. It looks like he worked in the 1730's but I can't find any additional info on him. Hopefully, someone else can shed some light. Beautiful spoon by the way.

Thank you so much for your help. I did polish the piece but I refuse to dip pieces of this age and I try to leave tarnish in all the right places. It was much worse when I bought it. Also, a lot of the problem is my poor attempt at a picture. In-person, it is easy to read. This was the best pic out ...

Hi, your lovely piece is in the Crete pattern by Knowles & Ladd of Rhode Island c1864-1875. Hope that helps

Thank you so much Peter, I would never have figured that out. It doesn't look like the example in Elias Voet's book but it does match up with other examples online. As the mark on my spoon is not fully struck it was even harder to figure out though. Again, thank you so much!

Thanks Peter, I couldnt' find it in my book but sometimes it takes a second pair of eyes

Any help would be appreciated. I can make out that it is from Paris and dates from 1737/1738 but I am unsure of the maker. It appears to be an IB over LG with a chalice or goblet between them markers mark. https://i.postimg.cc/4KCVTghV/IMG-7631.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/SYXxsnBs/IMG-7632.jpg https://...

no, I mean late Just based on the maker mark I don't think its early 17th century but it could be. Most of the similar tankards I found were also late 17th century. If you have a chance I highly recommend going through Hampel's archives of old auction catalogs. There were lots of wonderful examples ...

I can't find this mark anywhere. It looks like J.O but not 100% on that. Any help would be much appreciated. https://i.postimg.cc/5XrMtvQz/IMG-7641.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/d7g8BqDX/IMG-7642.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/vgVHry60/IMG-7643.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Jt3Hv3GP/IMG-7644.jpg https://i.postimg.c...

Well I finally found the original listing at Hampel but in my search through their years of previous auctions, I would say it is safe to say they know their stuff especially regarding early German Silver. So I would safely say this is indeed a late 17th/early 18th-century German tankard. I don't thi...

If the one at the auction is merely identical to the one for sale then they are both fakes. But if they are the exact same tankard I would try to contact the auction house and check their credentials. They seem to be pretty good at distinguishing genuine pieces from copies. It is easy to call it a f...

First and most importantly, this is exact tankard was sold at Hampel Fine Auctions as a "17th-century German silver stein". Unfortunately, I cannot find the archive for this item to get more details information. Here are my thoughts on it. Usually large well made pieces of Hanau silver tha...

Probably late 19th early 20th-century pseudo marks. The handle looks like its hollow and wrong for the period as does the rest of the piece. Fun quirky pieces, like this, from the late Victorian period are often loosely based on original pieces. But even if we are all wrong and it is a 17th-century ...