www.925-1000.com

Hello, this is the reproduction of the Cleopatra Selene II, Queen of Mauretania plate from the Boscorelae silver treasure, now in the Louvre museum in Paris. Suppose Rep points to "Reproduction". Who actually did this - no clue though. I suspect a galvanoplastic replica of non precious met...

Hello, see this topic https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=55834&p=178988&hilit=kach#p178988 for some Katsch (!) family history. Looks like the Russian branch of the family was forced to leave Russia after the outbreak of WW I. They had remained Prussian citizens though li...

Hello, this does not read B & F (to my knowledge Basse and F. never made silver objects) but B & R for Breidenstein and Renaud, Frankfurt a.M., founded in 1889. Do not know what became of them. Regards, Bahner

Hello, do not know about other countries, but in Germany E.A. Geitner is considererd to be the "inventor" (rather: re-inventor) in 1823, he named it Argentan, referring to the Latin word argentum for silver. Henniger in Berlin followed with his invention (the alloy being a little different...

Hello, agree that this is the Deyhle lion. Deyhle sometimes produced pieces of a fineness rather uncommon in German like 830S or 875. Believe they were meant for export. As to the "Vietor" lion: this is a misunderstanding dating back to the early 1900s and orginating in the "questions...

Hello and a Happy New Year all around ! Unfortunately there is no source on the history of the VSF - yet. A book on its history and the history of the other silverware companies owned by various members of the same family (Bahner) is in the making and should be completed this year (2021). Legally th...

Hello, in many cases the city mark guaranteed a certain minimal fineness, most often 12 Lot. So it simply was not necessary to punch the fineness. It would have been legal, but it was superfluous and so it usually was not done. Mostly it was done if the fineness actually used was higher than necessa...

Hello, no, this is not a Henckels mark. Strictly this is not a hallmark at all, as this term is reserved for silver. Have never seen this mark before, but I suspect - just a gut feeling really - that it is the logo of either the giver of this set or the taker, possibly it was the gift of a larger co...

Hello, just some additional info. Recently I saw a small German beaker ("Faustbecher") with the mark of wholesaler Arthur Otto (founded 1903 in Cologne, Germany) and punched with a 13 in a square for the fineness. Which makes me believe that even if one sees e.g. a Neresheiner N in combina...

... a closer look at an enlargement of the second mark seems to show the gothic Neresheimer "N", which would make perfect sense. Regards, B.

Hello, agree with a dating of 1979 rather than 1879. The style of the engraved date also points at this. Beakers like these were and are being produced by almost every maker who made and makes Hanau style silver. The maker's mark, if the mark on the right hand side is that of a maker and not a retai...

Hello and welcome. Please let us see what you have and upload pictures of the item. This shoud help
https://www.925-1000.com/images.html
Regards, Bahner

Hello, Meyen also sold flatware and holloware made by other silverware manufacturers (F. Bahner, Vollgold), marked with the Meyen mark, acting just as a retailer. I am not aware of Meyen using production or order numbers so I suspect this was made by someone else and just sold by Meyen. Regards, Bah...

Hello, no doubt, this is the old Frankfurt skyline and the Frankfurt eagle. Not sure about the symbols at the bottom of the shield. Symbols of a guild ? Regards, Bahner

Hello, am I right in suspecting that You suspect a more recent Hanau-like reproduction rather than a genuine old piece ? Regards, Bahner

Hello, agree, not old but quite modern. Not necessarily directly from Hanau, but certainly in that style. Regards, Bahner

Hello, looks like the 900 was punched twice. I am thinking along the lines of modern Turkish silver. Regards, Bahner

... forgot to add the link
https://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884.html
See at the end. B.

Hello, Hanau is certainly a possibility, but we need sharper images of the mark from all angles, I am afraid. Regards, Bahner

Hello, these are the marks of Breidenstein and Renaud from Frankfurt, founded in 1889. The mark on the left hand side is incompletely struck. It is an image of pliers, below should be letters B and R, invisible here. Follows the image of a lion, lying down. I do not know how long the company was act...