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http://j.imagehost.org/t/0741/Prague2.jpg http://h.imagehost.org/t/0999/Prague1.jpg Can someone tell me how I can find out about the maker of this Prague tablespoon? There are three marks on it. The maker's mark is a monogram of script letters, maybe A Br, the quality mark is for 13-lotig silver in...

http://a.imagehost.org/t/0049/Geneva1.jpg http://j.imagehost.org/t/0994/Geneva2.jpg Bit of a long shot I suppose, but maybe Joerg or other Swiss expert can tell me what the maker's mark is on this spoon. Unfortunately only the lower half remains, looks to be JR or JK, in a shield. The coin is from ...

http://h.imagehost.org/t/0440/PV.jpg http://j.imagehost.org/t/0109/Doos.jpg Can someone tell me about this mark? It's PV in an oval punch with a dot, either placed between the letters or after them. I've seen it on 20th century silver articles, which sometimes also have a Dutch importer and re-assa...

Hello Ringo, Thanks for that information. I've looked up pipe cleaners in a book on Dutch silver (Dutch Small Silver 1650-1880, by BWG Wttewaall, ISBN 90 6825 299 2) and he shows on p.258 a practically identical piece, capped with silver. Apparently the silver end was used to tamp down the tobacco. ...

I am looking for the maker of this 13-lotig silver teaspoon, one of a set. Does someone recognise this maker, or know where I can look for it? It is marked with the assay mark for Steyr, a sub-office of Linz, in Upper Austria (G1), sometime in the 1840's.The maker's mark is a monogram of script lett...

This napkin ring has a Minerva head for post-1838 0.800 French silver. The maker's mark in a lozenge looks to be VD with spectacles in between. On the internet I can find reference to Victor Demare or Demirre with a mark: VD avec un binocle. http://h.imagehost.org/t/0890/VD1.jpg http://j.imagehost.o...

This William Sumner salt spoon was assayed in London in 1804-1805. JB has also been punched onto the handle near the hallmarks. If this is a journeyman's tally mark, then it is unusual in that it is so large, and also it is well away from the maker's mark. If it is a second maker's mark (James Beebe...

This silver napkin ring is marked inside with 830 and TO only. I wonder whether it is by Theodor Olsen in Norway. However, this simple TO mark is not on the list of his marks given in Norwegian Makers Marks. http://a.imagehost.org/t/0955/TO1.jpg http://a.imagehost.org/t/0961/TO2.jpg Can anyone help?

This peg is about 7 cm long and made from ivory or bone. It is capped with silver, which is marked with the Netherlands quality mark for 1814-1905. Its style is mid-19th century.
If you have an idea what it was used for, please let me know.

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Thank you Postnikov
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Please can someone help me with the marks on this Soviet silver sugar spoon? I have read some previous postings, and I think it is a 0.916 silver spoon assayed in Tallin Estonia after 1958. The 3ij mark could be a combined factory and date mark, if I understand it correctly, but which factory and wh...

Please can someone help me with this maker's mark on a small 0.800 silver fork, assayed in Budapest 1872-1922? The design of the fork is jugendstil, so I think it must be from 1900-1920. The maker's mark is either KM, or maybe KH. http://a.imagehost.org/t/0294/PFork.jpg http://h.imagehost.org/t/0875...

Can someone please tell me more about the maker's mark Grimwade #3688: IS & AN (or, IA & NS?). He says it has been seen on sauceboats with year letters for 1760 and 1761. The mark I show is on a silver ladle with year letter for 1767. Unfortunately someone in the 19th century decided to embo...

That is really interesting - the way silver was marked in 19th century Switzerland was different for different periods and different regions. Also something to always keep in mind: that an item with a single mark on it could be from Switzerland. Thanks for your brilliant help with these Zurich spoon...

Thank you again Postnikov for your time, and for your patience with me. So my vodka cup was made by an unknown maker Kh.P and assayed in Tula in 1896 by Averianov. I guess that's what good about the forum, beginners like me learning by everyone sharing their knowledge. I wish you success in your res...

Thanks for your information Postnikov. Pity the maker is unknown. Can you be sure it is a Tula vodka cup though? I've seen a Moscow assay master's mark on the internet from about the same time, which has this exact oval shape. Also there aren't any assay masters in Tula mentioned in Watt's book afte...

Many thanks for pointing me to Hansen & Andersen. In spite of the wear to the mark, it's possible to see that the mark on the spoon is theirs. Is it a problem that Hansen & Andesen apparently stopped in 1947, whilst the spoon was assayed in 1949?
Best regards

Thanks for the information that this animal's head mark is the Gmund assay office mark, a unicorn's head. There isn't another mark on the napkin ring though, so it seems that either a maker's mark was not obligatory, or it has been worn away.

Thank you for all that information on these two Swiss silversmiths, very interesting. I've been looking in the wrong places for these marks, and it shows how useful this forum is. The spoons by Carl Pfenninger don't carry an assay mark. Was just the maker's mark sufficient guarantee of fineness in m...

These two silver tablespoons are identical in design, and they also carry the same inscribed monogram, so they most probably originate from the same area. One of them carries the maker's mark Walcher and a mark for 13-lotig silver. The other is only marked with a maker's mark of CP. Please can someo...