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by Sasropakis
Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Unknown British Family Crest
Replies: 2
Views: 200

Re: Unknown British Family Crest

Closest match I could find when searching Fairbairn's book of crest is plate 126.14 which would be for: "Russell, Lieutenant - Colonel Andrew Hamilton. J.P., formerly of Manga Kuri, Hawkesbay, New Zealand, and now of Fonthill, Torquay, upon a mount vert, an antelope lodged ppr., gorged with a c...
by Sasropakis
Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:33 am
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Antique German Bavarian Salt Cellar Date?
Replies: 7
Views: 712

Re: Antique German Bavarian Salt Cellar Date?

13 Loth fineness is .812,5. Not sterling (.925). Combination of lion and Augsburg acorn suggests pseudo marks. Regards Hi where do you see a lion? I see n F The mark above 13 which might look like F is just struck weakly. I think it's a shield which has a lion's face (or some other animal). You can...
by Sasropakis
Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:25 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Re signature on back plate of box ?
Replies: 4
Views: 420

Re: Re signature on back plate of box ?

The first name (?) looks like Innen to me which wound mean "inside" in German. But this doesn't make much sense if Chanier is supposed to be a French surname. Just wondering how the engraving is placed and if it was meant to be seen at all? It doesn't really look like a well made engraving...
by Sasropakis
Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Help with a Crest
Replies: 2
Views: 1741

Re: Help with a Crest

Clan Logan has a crest "a passion nail piercing a human heart", see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Logan

Fairbairn's book of crests also gives two other families, Chetwyn and Lightfoot, with a similar crest (Plate 181/4).
by Sasropakis
Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:17 am
Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
Topic: Mystery hallmark…German?
Replies: 4
Views: 1231

Re: Mystery hallmark…German?

Looks a bit like Hamburg but the hallmark is rather distorted and the photo isn't the best either. You should take a better photo and see if there are any other marks like maker's. And a photo of the whole item would help to determine the age.
by Sasropakis
Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:07 am
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Baptize spoon from Germany?
Replies: 6
Views: 2273

Re: Baptize spoon from Germany?

I don't think it's Finnish. There would have to be full set of hallmarks: crown, town, maker, and year. The same applies for Sweden. Sometimes town and date could be omitted in small items but even then crown and maker would be mandatory.
by Sasropakis
Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Munsey & Co Ltd Cambridge chalice coat of arms
Replies: 8
Views: 1885

Re: Munsey & Co Ltd Cambridge chalice coat of arms

The coat of arms would be for the kingdom of England (fleur-de-lis representing France and lions passant England) from the period when the English monarchs claimed to be also kings of France. However the bordure around the coat of arms usually denotes illegitimate descent and in this case it's simil...
by Sasropakis
Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:34 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Please Help with Identification.
Replies: 6
Views: 1412

Re: Please Help with Identification.

Petter Ersson Lund (1713-49), Stockholm 1743. The crowned head is that of Saint Erik, patron saint of Stockholm. I assume there isn't the three crowns mark (introduced in 1750s) so the G=1743 would indicate a date before the current practice started in 1759. Petter Ersson Lund's son Petter was also ...
by Sasropakis
Mon Sep 25, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Unknown Crest
Replies: 2
Views: 948

Re: Unknown Crest

The closest match I could find is the crest of the Field family:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Field_crest

It's missing the wreath though. Fairbairn's book of crests doesn't seem to have similar crest either.
by Sasropakis
Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: Maybe silver chalice with paten
Replies: 7
Views: 1123

Re: Maybe silver chalice with paten

It looks like the inscription is in Latin and probably tells more about the chalice. I can see the year 1750 and AO DNO (Anno Domini) before it the word Calicem (chalice) so probably someone donated the chalice to a church to commemorate something. If you could decipher more of the text or provide b...
by Sasropakis
Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Please help me identify the city, workshop and years of work?
Replies: 2
Views: 1126

Re: Please help me identify the city, workshop and years of work?

Växjö, Sweden, and GÅ for Georg Henrik Åkerberg (1819-1868). I'm not sure about the year mark though. It looks like B2 (upside down) but 1784 would be too early (he was born in 1790). Maybe B5=1856 if number 5 is mirrored by mistake.
by Sasropakis
Mon Jul 24, 2023 6:00 am
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: georgian cow creamer
Replies: 16
Views: 3802

Re: georgian cow creamer

Is there a trace of the maker's mark to the right from the hallmarks? It looks like there could be a letter B or maybe it's only a reflection or cow's hair.
by Sasropakis
Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:22 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Unknown family crest
Replies: 3
Views: 1732

Re: Unknown family crest

I think it's an ostrich holding a horseshoe. Such crest can be found in Fairbairn's book of crests but unfortunately several families have used it so I don't think it's possible to know much more without any other information about the item (initials, provenance etc.). https://archive.org/details/fa...
by Sasropakis
Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:51 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: Help with ID on this Russian mirror
Replies: 9
Views: 2094

Re: Help with ID on this Russian mirror

The coat of arms could be those of the princely house of Dolgorukov although a more detailed picture would be better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Dolgorukov
by Sasropakis
Sat May 13, 2023 1:27 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Question on this very English coat of arms
Replies: 4
Views: 3181

Re: Question on this very English coat of arms

The one with cross and wheat garbs appears to be the coat of arms of Vernon of Hanbury. Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry of Hanbury Hall where you can see the coat of arms above the entrance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanbury_Hall I don't know the other coat of arms but when coat of arms are...
by Sasropakis
Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Antique plated silver mark assistance
Replies: 3
Views: 843

Re: Antique plated silver mark assistance

Eagle and griffin are called crests. They are heraldic symbols of the owner's family. In this case they might represent the families of a husband and a wife. Originally crests were worn by knights in tournaments on top of a helmet.
by Sasropakis
Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Swedish box - completely stumped
Replies: 2
Views: 1844

Re: Swedish box - completely stumped

It's Carl Ahlstrand, 1790-1802(1804), Askersund, N2=1795. The typeface isn't that important (unlike with English silver) and CA seems to have used rather peculiar year letters. The information comes from Erik Andrén etc., Svenskt silversmide, p. 244.
by Sasropakis
Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:59 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: 13 Loth German fork with 5 marks
Replies: 3
Views: 1535

Re: 13 Loth German fork with 5 marks

Could be SFS for Sven Ferdinand Sundholm (1871-1918), Vaasa (Nikolainkaupunki), Finland. The first mark is date and could be O4=1895, the second one resembles the town mark / coat of arms of Vaasa ( a sheaf), then 18L, and if the fourth mark is a single crown it's Finland and the last mark looks lik...
by Sasropakis
Sun Apr 16, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Maybe France, around 1800
Replies: 5
Views: 1651

Re: Maybe France, around 1800

"After the War he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis (France), of the Order of Leopold (Austria) and of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Sardinia)." - Those seem to be exactly the orders engraved in the spoon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Franz_von_Bachmann
by Sasropakis
Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Please help identify these hallmarks
Replies: 2
Views: 2607

Re: Please help identify these hallmarks

It's London G=1802 and the duty marks is George III. The city mark wasn't used for small items like teaspoons and sugar tongs. The maker's mark is probably upside down and as far as I can see it's TW for Thomas Wallis II.

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