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late 19 early 20th century Chinese silver >90, with Chinese hallmark.

Chinese metal seals ' Made in Qing Dynasty', however don't appear to be that old, and it is not common for seals to bear that kind of mark. Guess just art objects made in recent decades.

Hi, digged a little deeper in this topic and found people already asked in 925-1000 similar questions before about dating Alphonse Debain hallmark, below was one reply from Dognose, I like this kind of CSI work, fun stuff! Re: Francois-Alphonse Debain Postby dognose » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:49 am A clea...

Hi, thanks for all the insights, really appreciated! Just one follow up question - by googling Alphonse Debain, there are few other sources state that He was only active between 1883 and 1911, this is certainly differen from the note above that The hallmark was still in use until 1929. Can experts h...

Bought this beautiful French silver centerpiece, but can't identify the maker and date the silver, can anyone help? Thanks

Thanks for all the tips and advices! Really appreciated! That little dent does seem to be a mark but I need to examine under microscope it's really hard to see anything. The shell is made of real shell not silver. I will spend more time inspect the details and report back with my finding.

These are Chinese based on the writing. The mark is really faded and I can only recognize 'Wan Bao' means ten thousands of treasures in Chinese, very typical silver maker's name in the late 19th century.

These are chinese writing. I can recognize 'Shou' and 'Fu' which means longevity and fortune in Chinese. Can't tell the maker, it was not known to me.

Hi, it's Chinese writing, 'Zu Wen' and 'Xie Xing', 'Zu Wen' indicates the silver assay is pure silver or something alike, 'Xie Xing' is the maker, it may be a maker from China HuBei province in the late 19th century

I was told this is 20th century Italian silver object, but I can't find any marks of silver assay or maker, do anybody know more about this piece of art work? Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the details provided regarding these two horses, now I understand more about their history and they will be good Christmas presents with unique stories!

Can the experts in this forum help identify this silver horse sculpture - Maker initial GS and hall marked Z1 therefore assuming dutch silver 925. Any tips will be appreciated. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg Another dutch 925 silver horse sculpture with...