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Hi, the other marks are French Bigorn marks. When the silversmith would strike the minerva mark and other marks they would place the item on the bigorn so when the minerva mark was struck, on the opposite side of the metal the bigorn would be as well. I believe this was a means to deter fraudulent h...

Oh, wow, thank you. That is spot on. I am glad I didn't buy it now. I wish I could find a copy of the False Silvermarks book one day.

This piece is definitely one of their silverplated pieces done in the old style

JOHN GILBERT JOHN GILBERT & CO LTD JOHN GILBERT & SONS Birmingham & London Active from 1812 as 'Old Sheffield' maker. The firm was listed at 28 Legge Street,7 & 8 Bath Rw and 83-85 Ryland Street, Birmingham. In 1865 was listed as silversmith and electroplater at Ryland Street North, ...

Hi, while it is possible there is a sterling line, this would not be part of it. Finding knives, carving sets and other flatware with sterling ferrules/collars but stainless blades and bone/MOP/etc handles is very common and does not indicate a separate line. It is even possible that only the blade ...

I was leaning towards Dutch pseudo but couldn't find anything similar. The owner says its Spanish Colonial but I don't think so.

sorry, I accidentally uploaded one pic twice. Here is the entire piece

I know I've seen them before but I can't find where in my books. Any help is appreciated.

sorry, I can't make out the mark, if you could send a better pic. I am not 100% positive but your piece looks like a Berber Taureg. The Berber are North African peoples.

Also the 950 means 950/1000 silver purity, slightly higher than the 925 minimum requirement for sterling silver.

you are right, definitely Japanese. post war 1950's - 1960's. No idea what the characters mean.

The company is heirloom 73, the mark is an H with a 7 and 3 above and below it. They're an American company that made vintage style jewelry in the 1970's through 1980's. Out of business by 1990

Hi, your piece is made by Ferdinand Fuchs & Bros. New York, NY 1884-1922. Also I don't believe that you're piece is an egg plate rather an oyster plate / tray. I've never seen a sterling silver one before, very nice.

thank you for the information. I have a book that lists the assayer as late 18th / early 19th century but the book is entirely in Spanish so I cannot read more into it. The back story on the Seville mark was also greatly appreciated. I had no idea that is what some of the marks meant.

it is possible it is from another country but the 930 silver purity mark is almost certainly German. Most of the Dutch "Fakes" would be marked with genuine Dutch marks rather than a 930, also this is more in the Hanau Wheelhouse. They created a wide variety of fantasy items. Finally, There...

Just a guess but there is a very similar mark listed as being from Dordrecht Holland that was used in the late 18th century. However, I have never seen a Dutch piece use Loth marks before so I am probably wrong.

One last thing, it wouldn't have been made for the Thailand market, it was made there for what is probably an American company and probably sold on QVC or the like. Many many many jewelry companies have there products made in Thailand such as Pandora, David Yurman, John Hardy, etc.

I am not sure who made it but the TH means it was made in Thailand and fairly recently

hi, I am not an authority on these things but I do work in estate jewelry. I have come across similar bangles and they usually are marked 915 as well and come from Spain. They date from 1900- 1930's. This is just my opinion and hopefully it helps

Honestly, I am not sure where you would get it authenticated but you could try taking it to a reputable auction house and see what the say. There aren't as many collectors of Spanish colonial silver as there used to be. In the mere two books, I have on this subject they list fake colonial silver mar...