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Ex Oss. Jo. Neumann is for Saint John Neumann. St. John Neumann was the fourth bishop of Philadelphia, (from 1852 to 1860). He was the first male canonized saint from the United States. St. John lived from 1811 to 1860 . The frame is Italian. Regards The National Shrine of St. John Neumann is about...

That page also states "silver standards were .800 and .925 marked within an oval cartouche".

The 800 on this piece is not within any shape.

Traintime wrote:Just to star, here are Italian mark types (look down): https://www.925-1000.com/Fitalian_marks_01.html

Neumann lived in Philadelphia at the time of his death, and had been in the US for decades. Wouldn't that suggest that the case was made in the US?

The hallmark is on the rim of a Catholic first class relic, with the back being 23mm in diameter, the front being 35mm (about 1.25inches). I'm hoping to decipher the hallmark to date the relic. The hallmark is worn, 3mm wide, and shiny. A 10x loupe, 20x loupe, digital camera and usb camera and we st...

I've also been wondering if there is yet another mark to the right of the anchor to the left of that ball. There's something there but it may not be a hallmark.

I can confirm that the hallmark is definitely Birmingham 1900. However your guess at HH is going to be wide of the mark. Hannah Howard was working as a watch case maker in the first part of the 19th century so HH cannot be her on the basis of both date and the fact that case makers seldom made anyt...

This thing has me baffled. This is a beautiful item. It is a 1887 Shilling, the Queen Victoria “jubilee” head type, that was gilded, then enameled, then encased in sterling and glass. At the top there's a hole that suggests there might have been a bail making this a pendant. At the very bottom there...

Could you call this a "Vesta Case" as a general category for this item? ::: I was thinking this could be a match safe to protect matches from moisture, but it looked a little too different to be considered for that function ::: The interior of the boot seems too narrow for wooden match st...

This tray is 9.5" long, just over 6" wide, 1.5" high at the center of the edging, but 2.25" tall at the tallest point of the handle. The four feet unscrew, and I can say that the wood is plywood. However, plywood was introduced into the US in 1865, so that's not particularly help...

Hiya! Wow, it's been a while since I've had to make my own post here... I just came across a R Blackinton Co boot. However, almost all of them that I'm seeing pics of have a corkscrew/bottle opener in them. Mine does not. Mine has something in it alright, but I haven't a clue as to what it is or why...

A friend of mine owns this pin and asked me to help identify the hallmark. I couldn't find anything with it / on it / about it.

Thanks!!!!

It's not that I can't believe you, not that's not it at all. The collection that this is from is filled with items that are quite old and quite varied. We have dozens of tea balls, spoons, trays, and all sorts of stuff from the 1800's, some earlier. For us to find an item from 1987 is just so odd. H...

I sort of see the RC mark. They've only been around since 1976.

They seem pretty current on social media, so I emailed them directly and asked.

juantotree wrote:Hi,

It is Carr's of Sheffield 1987.

Martin

After using the microscope I see that it's not a W at all, but 1987? No, it can't be.

...and by "dig out" I mean my wife reminded me that we had one...

I decided to dig out my digital microscope. Here's what I got with that

I can't make heads or tails out of this thing. I've used a loupe. I've taken pictures of them and played with them digitally, altering colors and lighting and shadows and every other setting I can think of to try and see the hallmarks better. More than likely it's just that I'm just not knowledgeabl...

...and as for being off topic, I'm guessing you'll eventually move the photo editing part to its own thread for people to see.

So I went digging online for a pixel to inch calculator. It took a while but I did eventually find one here. http://tiporama.com/tools/pixels_inches.html Here is your problem, which is what I explained earlier. On a 75dpi display, 525x525 pixels is a seven inch square picture. On a 120dpi display, 6...

For those not tech savvy, this is probably going to scare you a little. Please don't be. I truly have a knack for teaching how to use computers to people who think they can't use them. ********************************* Like I said, I'd be happy to share my knowledge. You should know, right now I'm u...