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by silverport
Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:57 am
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Help with identfying please
Replies: 8
Views: 2800

Re: Help with identfying please

Because the object has also a lid, and is 2 ¼ “ tall = maybe a container for cotton swabs? Hello » Mali8 « I guess that it is for use on the dressing or vanity table; as container for fresh cotton wool swabs . As I’ve already mentioned in my former answer: It looks like that the mark is composed ...
by silverport
Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:30 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: koch & bergfeld bremer lilie russian import spoon
Replies: 13
Views: 5317

Re: koch & bergfeld bremer lilie russian import spoon

Dimensions! Dimensions! Please add the dimensions to the questions; please. Hello » Postnikov « et all Yes of course I don’t want 500 gram sugar at once. But in the original question wasn’t mentioned from Kaspar, well maybe an expert too (?), any dimension. That isn’t only he, who forgets that we ...
by silverport
Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:34 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: koch & bergfeld bremer lilie russian import spoon
Replies: 13
Views: 5317

Re: koch & bergfeld bremer lilie russian import spoon

»Bremen Lily« Pattern 25600 of Koch & Bergfeld, 20 Sept. 1900 registered Hello Kasper The pattern number » 25600 «, later baptized » Bremer Lilie « (» Bremen Lily «) is registered on 20 September 1900 — that date is based on research, be done now some decennia ago. Seven months later, on...
by silverport
Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:50 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Help ID mark
Replies: 7
Views: 4735

Re: Help ID mark

»CEP« and »***« are (internal) indications for the quality of plate? Hello Karen May I add some remarks on the markings: The scratched » B « could be an external sign of property, if it was e.g. lent for a get together? » 99 « is maybe in this case the model number — helpful in the warehouse...
by silverport
Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:45 am
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: 95-100 under beaded circle&?/brass or silver-plate/origin?
Replies: 12
Views: 14468

Re: 95-100 under beaded circle&?/brass or silver-plate/origi

Some background information on »Britannia« pewter alloy compositions. Hello » sljudson « Pat’s guess to be maybe French is one of the countries, where it’s a usual server. In Germany this style wouldn’t sale very well. I guess that the pitcher is made long time after World War II . This kind of ...
by silverport
Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:40 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Glass holders (unusual marks)
Replies: 13
Views: 12642

Re: Glass holders (unusual marks)

Hello » Qrt.S « Many thanks for your information — it is that, what I haven’t known until yet. The owner’s family name I know only in the German transliteration and that is » Katsch «. My research activity in a German Archive, 8 years ago, was not centred on » Alexander Katsch « — the Berlin C...
by silverport
Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:49 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Help ID mark
Replies: 7
Views: 4735

Re: Help ID mark

Barbour Silver Co.; from 1898: International Silver Co., in Hartford, CT Hello Karen Please look here (left side, top area): http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_B.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Then after please look here (right side): http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_I.html"...
by silverport
Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:30 am
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: Silver Soup Tureen Coat of Arms
Replies: 3
Views: 2029

Re: Silver Soup Tureen Coat of Arms

Soup tureen with Coat of Arms — »Hotel ware« of West European production. Hello » alratner « Welcome to the Forum. I saw in the past night your question; but I was already so tired, that I couldn’t make the research and write an answer. As » Joerg « has already adviced on the search for the »...
by silverport
Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:42 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Help with identfying please
Replies: 8
Views: 2800

Re: Help with identfying please

Because the object has also a lid = Not a flower pot or a wine cooler. Hello » Mali8 « Welcome to the Forum. I guess that it is for lavatory use. The marks image is so little, that’s impossible to see details of the marks complexity — please add afterwards a much clearer image of the mark; my eyes...
by silverport
Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:43 pm
Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
Topic: Yapp & Woodward 1846 Teapot?
Replies: 5
Views: 4062

Re: Yapp & Woodward 1846 Teapot?

No, it isn’t dated Birmingham 1846, even not is it Yapp & Woodward. Hello Welcome to the Forum. I interpret the maker’s mark (in an oval) as: N&W = Norton & White; but the guide I’ve, don’t tell which product range they were making. So it remain a guess too. This kind of N&W mark (An...
by silverport
Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:10 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: 95-100 under beaded circle&?/brass or silver-plate/origin?
Replies: 12
Views: 14468

Re: 95-100 under beaded circle&?/brass or silver-plate/origi

Hello » sljudson « The knowledge on pewter marks I miss — because I was always more interested in metal wares made from other materials, and also other techniques. I know very well, that some workshops of modern time, from about 1920 on (?) made hand wrought items from pewter, like plates, bowls, ...
by silverport
Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:47 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: My pictures won't upload
Replies: 3
Views: 1531

Re: My pictures won't upload

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by silverport
Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: 95-100 under beaded circle&?/brass or silver-plate/origin?
Replies: 12
Views: 14468

Re: 95-100 under beaded circle&?/brass or silver-plate/origi

Hello »sljudson«

It seems to be pewter.

Please look here: http://www.pewtertankardsflagons.com/

Kind regards silverport
by silverport
Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:30 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: My pictures won't upload
Replies: 3
Views: 1531

Re: My pictures won't upload

Hello Diana Welcome to the Forum. Yours neighbour had also problems to load up - maybe not similar to yours? Please read the advises, given there: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=21871" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Please, don't worry. I hope that a short whil...
by silverport
Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:18 pm
Forum: American Jewelry
Topic: Sterling and Carnelian brooch with myster mark
Replies: 6
Views: 2747

Re: Sterling and Carnelian brooch with myster mark

Hello Tom

It could be as you guess — well, this kind of orthographical mistakes could happen more in areas of another culture. But this could happen also, where Latin letters are usual.

Kind regards silverport
by silverport
Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:11 pm
Forum: Gold Marks - Worldwide
Topic: Help with "PH" hallmark on a 14K ring
Replies: 7
Views: 5780

Re: Help with "PH" hallmark on a 14K ring

Hello » ptcoins24 « Sorry there fore that I insist to get it cleared - for reason, a person couldn't get with equipment they've a clear image , I've made you attend on the topic: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=19420" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I request y...
by silverport
Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:23 pm
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Unknown maker
Replies: 1
Views: 1242

Re: Unknown maker

It’s a wild guess only: Maybe made by »Kronen A.S.«, Copenhagen? Hello » VJTHORNES « Welcome to the Forum. Sorry there fore, that yours similar question, placed on 30 August 2010, isn’t answered until yet. By the Millions of different Maker’s marks it’s often very difficult to find a well sounde...
by silverport
Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:39 am
Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
Topic: Unkown hallmark
Replies: 1
Views: 2542

Re: Unkown hallmark

» Which was first: The “hen” or the “egg”? « Hello » dmantic « Welcome to the Forum. So as you describe yours tea set, it seems to me, that it is made in one of the in Chinas past usual styles, which “ construction ” was influenced by geometry . It would be nice, and very helpful too, if you cou...
by silverport
Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:40 am
Forum: Gold Marks - Worldwide
Topic: Help with "PH" hallmark on a 14K ring
Replies: 7
Views: 5780

Re: Help with "PH" hallmark on a 14K ring

The ring is maybe of Czech or Hungarian origin? Hello » ptcoins24 « Welcome to the Forum. The » PH « mark in antic letters, placed in a horizontal oval, which is notched horizontal, is a maker’s mark in the scheme of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Assay Offices. The scheme was introduced in 1867 — ...
by silverport
Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:30 am
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Antique German Silver
Replies: 4
Views: 2668

Re: Antique German Silver

»Never made around 1900 - but made maybe in the last 10 years?« Hello » lewmel « You have written in yours first posting: » I believe this set to be from the early 1900's. « - and my answer was: » Never made around 1900 - but made maybe in the last 10 years? « Please read it again, and under...

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