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Hello,

I believe this is it, if so it is by the Thomae Co. of Attleboro, Massachusetts. They also used another version of this mark that is quite a bit more angular.

Cheers,
AinA

Greetings Gary, Yes, the standing bear is a Swiss silver guarantee mark, when the bear is in a shield of that shape, it is for silver of .875 and above. The 0.925 mark is also Swiss, telling the exact purity. The lazy F's, 925 and X are import marks for Glasgow Scotland, the cursive X is the date le...

Hello, It most certainly is a Lunt pattern, one known as both Enid and Chatelaine. Lunt began production of it in 1894. It appears that part of the maker's mark, just before "Sterling" was ground out, repolished and overstamped with that "key" mark. I have no idea why this would be done. Silver impo...

Greetings, Scratch marks of this type are most often incised by restorers and polishers, they don't get lost or torn off like paper tags. Sometimes they do contain dates to indicate, not of when the piece was made, but of when it was worked on or due by. As to your friend's assertion, can you think ...

Dear Lolo, Your candlestick was made sometime between 1933 and today. The numbers are pattern or design numbers, they are not related to Gorham's dating code marks. Most American manufactured sterling will have numbers, or a mix of numbers and letters stamped on it. This type of spun and weighted st...

Helmar,
Thank you, that is a piece of information that I am glad to have.
Considering the date of its use, am I correct in thinking it could be seen with German Town marks, as well as the later national Crown & Crescent mark?

AinA
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Hello, Picked this spoon up at a local antiques market last week. I'm really stumped here, sure it is of late 18th century vintage and have checked all of my available references to no avail. The marks show some similarity to early hallmarks used in Madrid, Spain and Colonial Mexico, but not nearly ...

Please bear in mind that some silver was hallmarked 750 in Europe up until the 19th century. Hi Andy, Interesting point. I'm aware that .750 was used in some countries as an acceptable silver standard, such as 12 loth silver in Germany and Poland. I know they used a 12 mark to indicate the purity. ...

Hello All, I know that a relationship between the American jewelry firm CORO and Aguilar is documented. And, it is obvious that some of the pieces marked CORO Made in Mexico Silver are from Aguilar's workshop. What I am wondering is - Are all of the Coro Mexico pieces by Aguilar? or did Coro have bu...

Hi Dan, Nice mark photos. Sorry to say, the holder of this mark is presently unknown. There are thousands of Mexican smiths who's work is known but who's names remain unknown. Up until the 1970's, record keeping, in Mexico's assay offices, was a pretty spotty affair. Most of the names we know today ...