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Hello, the Friodur-process was invented and patented by Henckels in the late 1930ies, but due to the war it was not introduced on a large scale until the early 1950ies. The WMF company bought its blades from Henckels at that time, that is why its cutlery often has the Friodur-Henckels mark. The '90'...

Hello, this is comparatively new stuff from Germany. The ''n'' in a shield on the left hand side is the mark of Neresheimer from Hanau/Germany. They had specialised in imitating old silver objects. The mark on the right hand side imitates old Augsburg marks. The date of this piece is probably the fi...

Hello, all pieces were made by Wilkens after 1884. Wagner was a retailer from Berlin, one of the suppliers to the Imperial German Court. He had his shop on Unter den Linden 30 (until 1913), after that it was on Unter den Linden 16. The shop existed well into the 1930ies. Best wishes, Bahner

Hi all, the mark of Murat (C and M, plus a flower with two leaves, actually the flower of a blooming mulberry-bush, 'mure' is French for mulberry) looking pretty much like Your mark, was published by 'Paris Bijoux' in 1970 in their dictionary of marks. So I rather think Murat is the one. Best wishes...

Hello, this looks like the mark of Friedrich Wilhelm von Kuerten, a Remscheid wholesaler. Founded in 1865, active until about 1975. He probably did not make this, he just sold it. Best wishes, Bahner

Hello, the maker is most likely C. Murat, Paris, Rue de Turbigo 89. The date is hard to say. My guess: first half of the 20th century. Probably a beaker. Best wishes, Bahner
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Hello, this is plate. 90 is the weight of silver in 'Gramm' used in electroplating. 'Rostfrei' is 'stainless'. There was a retailer in Solingen, 'Moellers and Co.', active in the 1950ies and 60ies. His was mostly a mail-order business. Maybe he is the one. Best wishes, Bahner

Hello, the maker is Soc. Argental, Paris, Rue Taylor 1. It's plate and the style is Neo-Empire, around 1905. Best wishes, Bahner

Hello, 'JUL' is not the maker's mark, but the Danish word for christmas. Spoons like this are traditionally made just once for a short period of time at the end of the year. Best wishes, Bahner

Hello and congrats. What You have here are extremely rare pieces ! The pattern was exclusively designed for the city of Dresden and is known as the 'Dresdner Ratsbesteck' (pattern for the city council of Dresden), the coat of arms is that of Dresden. Designer was Karl Gross, head of the Dresden scho...

Hello, that is Felisch & Kirchheim from Treptow/Rega, today Trzebiatow / Poland. DRGM means ''Deutsches Reichs Gebrauchs Muster'' which means 'registered pattern'. The company produced mainly undecorated, handwrought cutlery. It ceased production shortly before the end of WW II, the last owner f...

Hi all, >Apollo< was the registered mark of Francois-Frionnet of Paris. The lion with 'VH' was registered for the ''Société générale de coutellerie et orfèvrerie, Francois-Frionnet, succ.'' My French is to bad to determine, whether that Société is the successor of Francois-F. or the other way...

Hi all, just a gut feeling: when I saw this, I thougt this could be German, around 1850/60. The double-headed lion was used by a couple of German cities. And it could explain the absence of other marks. Best wishes, Bahner

Hello, if the >chalice< is actually an anvil, then it is probably H. Nègre from Marseille. Best wishes, Bahner
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Hello, if this reads like a 'K' within a 'G', then it is probably 'Gayer and Krauss' from Schwaebisch-Gmuend. They went broke a few years ago. Best wishes, Bahner

Hello, small addendum here. 'German silver' is an alloy of nickel, copper and zinc. It comes in various qualities under various namens (Alfenide, Pakfong, Alpakka, German silver etc.) and was first produced in China ages ago, the recipe for it being unknown in the Western world. It is called 'German...

Hello, no relation there. I forgot one thing: what I mentioned refers to the pieces with the 'F / B' mark . It is hard to say without a pic but the other mark is probably that of E. & R. Kierdorf of Solingen, Germany. Founded in 1927 and listed in the directories until the middle 1990ies. Best w...

Hello, this is plate. The numbers 90 and 100 have to to with the actual weight of silver in Gramm used in electroplating. The maker was Franz Bahner in Duesseldorf, founded in 1895, dissolved in 1962. Bahner took up production of plated cutlery around 1939, so this was made between 1939 and 1962. Be...

Hello, the marks are (from right to left) the assayer's mark, in use since 1908; the town mark of St. Petersburg with a silver quality of 88 Zolotniks (equals 916,6 / 1000 parts of fine silver); the double-headed eagle as the mark of a supplier to the Imperial Court. The mark on the left hand side s...

Hello, this is plate. Made by 'Atelier du Val-de-Marne', located Rue du Mont-Tabor 36, first district of Paris. Active around 1950-70. Best wishes, Bahner