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Most interesting! I worked on a computer software consulting contract (1983-1984) in Sweden (at Ericsson Information Systems, in Linköping - och jag fortfarande förstå lite svenska (men mitt ordförråd har minskat betydligt sedan dess). This is one of the reasons I am so pleased to learn about this i...

Closer examination of the pattern: http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/silverPix/pattern.jpg suggested that, instead of being embossed, the pattern itself is a separate piece of silver. Subsequent 30x microscopic examination clearly shows a bead of solder running around the edge of the pattern, and even a...

Wow, this forum is an outstanding resource, especially for "newbies" like me! FWIW, here's a better picture of the "prickgravering": http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/silverPix/bb1.jpg My only remaining questions are: 1 - does this engraving represent the date the piece was made, and...

Possible clue? I just noticed on the back of the handle someone has very faintly written "B B 1856", in a fancy script, in a series of dots - possibly using a modern "vibrating engraver". It is faintly visible by zooming in on the "bottom.jpg" image posted ealier, but h...

OK, no problem! I may be a "dinosaur" (almost 71 years old), but I'm a photographer & computer-tech guy from the 1960s, and a Systems programming consultant since 1988, specializing in Unix and Unix-like systems admin, system software design & development, etc. I wouldn't use "...

Outstanding! Thanks for the most helpful info. When I first tried to post the "additional images", it failed with an error indicating that images needed to be 1000 pixels wide or less. So, I scaled the imagewidths to that number of pixels, and they posted OK. Seven inches (18cm) sounds mor...

If the images don't appear in my post for some reason, here are direct links to those images: http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/silverPix/hallmarks.jpg http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/silverPix/top.jpg http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/silverPix/bottom.jpg http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/silverPix/thin-rolled-h...

I have a silver (probably sterling based on some chemical testing) serving spoon, 8.5" long, with a bowl width of 1.75". The only markings are: "ISM", "13 1/2"(?) and a five-petal flower(?) symbol. http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/silverPix/hallmarks.jpg I have searched yo...