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Wow, Postnikov! It's amazing to see the EXACT same silver marks on your piece. Is the piece you are showing the same pattern on the front as my fork? Is my fork a common Polish pattern that I might have hopes of finding an identical matching fork for? I just have the one piece. I bought it almost as...

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/okchris67/Lombardyfork.jpg This 9 inch fork weighs 78 grams. It bears a maker's mark of "A Riedel" which is not pictured. http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/okchris67/Polishforkpic1.jpg With the help of this site, I found the Assayer's Mark is ...

Thanks for you quick responses, Stecci; do you have a particular book that you can recommend on Swiss silver? I'm particularly thrilled that the other piece, for which you also identified the maker, was made by a female silversmith, HEGI! Regarding what you said about Neuchâtel: can you refer me to...

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/okchris67/solidswissladle.jpg I own this very similar second ladle which belonged to the same family, is also 13 L, and presumably also Swiss, 1852-1880, but the maker is different. This maker is "HEGI" - I would very much appreciate knowing the mak...

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/okchris67/swisspiercedladle.jpg This ladle has the following assay mark for Neuchâtel, which I believe dates it 1852-1880: http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/okchris67/argentladlepic.jpg It has the following Löthige and maker mark: http://i136.photobuc...

I did find a website that shows similar Romanian hallmarks and discusses assay office letters other than "A." but not "P." The website discusses WWII medals; here is the link: http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=3147

Below are pics of a Romanian bread tray I own that is 16 inches by 7.5 inches with a purity mark that is slightly different from the Romania purity mark shown at the bottom of page 344 of "Tardy's International Hallmarks on Silver" that was used between 1906 and 1937; instead of an "A...