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I thought the "M" with the crown was a maker's mark... as shown on the page you noted in your first post, third one down??

http://www.925-1000.com/denmarkM.html

Fabulous!!! So as dognose and Hose_dk imply, the "M" with the crown over it could be A. Michelsen. The page on Danish smiths says just "1930's" as to a time frame for that stamp. Question is, why are there two distinct maker's marks on this piece?, a collaboration perhaps? One do...

dognose you've done it again!! Thanks! I thought of the Art Nouveau period the minute I layed eyes on it. But for sure the maker's link you provide sure matches up nicely with Simon Groth's mark, the use of which apparently ended by 1904. Tha would put it squarely in the Art Nouveay period; very coo...

I would like to know if anyone has a way to date this piece. And; what exactly is it? I know sometimes things/items have multiple uses but this being Danish I though perhaps it had/has some specific use. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3943/15562605591_8c257c332b_c.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/...

So I have this little item: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5605/15561745551_9f27911911_c.jpg It certainly "looks" like sterling, and is marked with one of Christofle's silver marks except: it's "C's" are backwards. The damn mark is so small that I've also drawn a picture of it, h...

I'm telling you; and I'm good at looking.... there are no marks. None. But it is what it is; a really nice pill box! Unless it has another use/name. Would you call this a pill box?

Regards, mitch

Ran across this today and bought it. Really nice silver work, gold gilt interior, but: no marks anywhere. Could it have been a practice piece? or for the smith's own use? I've even considered that it had been polished/rubbed off but the stamp would have left a dimple on the inside and there's not on...

Thank you Warren! I missed entirely that the word stamped there was "Toledo"! I just couldn't make sense of it.

regards, mitch

A customer has this and wanted to just know where it was made and what to call it. Mods please move this ( and tell me 'to where' please...) if need be. It tests sterling: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3900/14428956758_fa2ba40681_c.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5486/14428943318_cef50d6a61_c.jp...

Here's an item I've found for sale:

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What do you suppose it was used for? It's lid has a cutout for a spoon handle but it's quite small. Anyone have an idea how this was used?

regards, mitch

What a find, that's a magnificent jug. So in this thread it's discussed the many ways (dognose's post) some item like this might go unmarked: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37255 In Robert Massart's article on the "bigorne" marks on French silver, you begin to see th...

The utensil:



I think this is one such "responsibility" mark?

Warren, Zilver2 and Oel; may I ask when you think these might have been made? The "Belle Epoque" period seems to have run right up to the end of the 19th and on into the 20th so were they made possibly that late? Seems by then they would have had to stamp the Minerva's head on them unless ...

So therefore, a "consumer/buyer" from the period would have to rely on just a maker's mark alone to make sure it was silver? In reading that article, it looks like the bigorne marks were used through 1846 but then what? When did they stop using them? And, why would there be no mark at all ...

The mark.... http://www.silvercollection.it/10FRADELAIREbis.jpg and another... http://poulbenn.dyndns.org/images/PowderSilverBox5.jpg (admin photo edit - images too large - link only - see Posting Requirements ) Thanks again, Warren and I were seeing an insect! I'd have never guessed a "helmete...

Zilver2... a big thank you to ya! If your familiar with this maker, can you say if these are uncommon/desireable items? or something seen often for the period? 1822 to 1920 is almost 100 years... so I take it the business was passed down through the family? I don't know much about French silver or m...

I've added seven additional pix of the 2nd vase... the cartouche is a little better on this one so have a look: slideshow... https://www.flickr.com/photos/19089828@N00/sets/72157645060206986/show/ https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/14376274736_a475e3d639_c.jpg And there's shots of all three areas o...

Thanks Warren! I'd never seen that ASCAS site before... very nice; I'm going to join. Yes; both have this same mark. So I've looked everywhere I can think to look for Minerva's head as I suspected it to be somewhere's as well, and find nothing. Not even a buffed down area where it "might" ...

So I've put these here as they seem "French"... I don't know where else to start so if they're from elsewhere, mods please move me to where I belong. My questions are, what do you actually call these? what is their country of origin? and how do they rate among collectors, if they rate at a...