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The trail on that leads to Allessio Cesa & Company, legitimate silver makers. Crown trademark. Any chance they were also engaged in silverplate work? Hi Traintime, thank you for your contribution. While the matter of silver/no silver has been resolved, I am still curious about the maker of this...

Hello all, A final update regarding the cutlery: I sent 4 pieces (1 table fork, 1 table knife, a table spoon and a tea spoon) to a gold-buyers office who had it scanned using x-ray equipment fit to scan metal for the alloy. The results were: - Zinc: 74.8% - Copper: 17.1% - Nickel: 8% There is no sil...

Good evening all, It's been a while, but I've since done some more tests and can now confidently say that this set is a fake of the worst kind. I've bought a new bottle of AG fluid as well as a new magnet, and these have given me the following results: - The fluid does react to the outer layer, albe...

Hello all, It might indeed be that my acid has gone bad. I've had it for over a year now, so I'll try to get me another bottle soon. Even then though, the test doesn't react on obvious metals even though it's old. Knife blades and the like stay green, and validated silver pieces turn red in an insta...

Hi very interesting. Yes, here in Central Europe you stumble across these ARG800 sets quite regularly. They also pop up on auction platforms etc. Your set has quite a distinctive pattern, different from the normal ARG800 type. And it appears your 800 mark is stamped. Usually the ARG800 mark is part...

Hi all, I've often seen sets marked ARG800/ARG1000/AMZ800 etc. and always knew them to be misleading knockofs, Swiss and Italian tourist pieces of cheap silverplate (not worth my time basically). However, lately I've come across a similair set marked: [AP][800 in a lozenge] - which struck me as pecu...

Dear Funkel,

Thank you so much for your precise and detailed answer! And apologies for my late reply. I had not expected to find the answer to my question anymore, so this comes as a pleasant surprise. I will delve into the history of this firm a little deeper. Many thanks

Hi Peter,

I have hereby added 2 enlarged pictures of the hallmarks. The 2nd one is from the handle of the knife.

Apologies, here are some working pictures:

Hello everyone! I would like your opinion on the maker's mark on a Spanish silver cutlery place setting. I have searched everywhere without result. I've meticulously went through Miller's Encyclopedia of World Silver Marks but it does not include the mark, unfortunately. Marks it include: - Pentagra...

I have searched quite extensively, without result unfortunately. I am inclined to believe it might be Risler & Carré, Paris - although their sign features a star in their sterling hallmark and not a globe. The French silver hallmark library of silvercollection.it features an entry for a French s...

Thanks for replying. Where can I find this reference?

Kindly asking for your assistence in identifying the maker's mark on this presumably French or Belgian cutlery. It has the 84 stamp on the right side of the pieces, flanked by a square maker's mark reading what I believe is "R.C" beneath a ball/globe/balloon of some sort. In some pieces, i...

Anybody have a clue?

Here are the embedded images.

The pieces. The knives bear the same marks albeit even smaller just below the blade.



Marks on the back of the pieces:

Hi all, This is my first post on this forum. I'm an avid collector of silver and plated pieces for years now, and seeing how this is the first time I'm truly at a loss as to the maker of this cutlery set, I decided to register :) I've recently acquired a silverplated cutlery set. The blades are mark...