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In case the English translation is useful to anyone, this is what a translator spit out:

Trademark of the Porto goldsmith Antonio Alves de Sousa, registered in 1902, transferred to Alves de Sousa & Filhos in 1909, to Alves de Sousa, Filho, in ...

Funkel wrote: Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:01 pm

This is much appreciated, thank you Funkel!

When I look at the mark, I see it as a half of a mark that consists of crossed swords or keys within a shield.

Hello Forum,

I recently picked up this Portuguese silverware set and always seem to struggle identifying Portuguese silversmiths.

It's punched with the small work 2nd standard (0.833 fine) mark for Porto, 1938-1984.

From what I can gather, the vendor "Reis, Filhos, Lda." was a well known retailer ...

Well I have received the cup now and the condition is unfortunately worse than the blurry online images showed.

While the foot and the upper cup are marked "800", the central stem is actually silver plated. It has been acid tested with 18K gold acid and compared against an 830S spoon used as a ...

Very informative web page on silver care that includes polish abrasion ratings.

Sadly it was announced that the author Jeff Herman passed away earlier this year.

https://www.hermansilver.com/silver-pol ... atings.htm

Haven't been able to find any similar pieces with the [EF] mark yet.

Do you have any images of the mark you can post?

Some clearer images of the marks:

Thank you both very much!

I will follow up with some clearer images when I return home in a few days.

Hi All,

Hoping for some help with what I believe is a small Dresden silver beaker.

The maker appears to be "FH" but "FK", "EH", or "EK" might be possibilities. I wasn't able to find a great match for a maker in Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Vol. II)

I think the date letter might be an "a", but ...

Thanks AG2012, Amena, and Theoderich, I appreciate and value the feedback!

I unfortunately made the gamble to purchase the goblet half way through writing the first post and will upload some more images when it arrives.

I've made a few risky purchases before and have often come away lucky, but ...

Something like a Philipp Stenglin or similar comes to mind?

Thank you very much, I appreciate that feedback!

A follow up question is if the 800 mark was applied at the time of manufacture or if it was applied at a later date?

One scenario that crossed my mind is if the item was of unknown origin, and/or some of the identifying marks had been rubbed away ...

Hi All,

Wondering if this continental silver cup or goblet deserves to be looked at a little more closely, or if it is just marked with psuedo or fantasy marks?

From the images, I can only see what looks to be a maker mark and 800 stamped adjacent to it.

https://i.imgur.com/0TGn7AR.jpg

https ...

Seems like an inevitable president. This evolution would also include the ability to re-create antique looking markings for modern pieces

Also found William Justis as a potential maker (date ether remains the same)

http://silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/L ... WM.html#WM

Seems to me it would be Wiliam Gould, London, 1742.

http://silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/L ... WH.html#WF

The finial is interesting to me.

I've been searching for similar cups over the past couple days and so far have only turned up this in an old thread

https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51767

Wondering if this cup is fairly common and is just lost in a sea of Christofle search results or if it is somewhat unique ...

After quite some time of working at it by hand, the end result is a much improved appearance with the detail being preserved and a more uniform finish.

After exploring the darker areas a little further, the "shadow" appears to be just areas of darker patina that were left behind from a previous process where the cup had been polished and the decorations were avoided to prevent loss of the detail.

I think in this case, the solution is probably to ...