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Good morning all, Have also noticed that the bowl appears to have a lip where a grate would be placed for butter perhaps. Just trying to look at the logistics of pre-setting flatware, glasses, show plate, napkins, etc for very formal settings. Nuts would come later towards the end of service with co...

Vale, I will have to leave the identification of the marks to other members who are more knowledgable than myself. You can help them out by cleaning the marks only then reshooting them straight on. Use a well chewed wooden toothpick with a small amount of silver polish, that should work well. Good l...

Still interested if anyone has the time to guide me.

W

The Kingdom of Hawaii was established in 1795, her last reigning monarch was overthrown on 17 Jan 1893. Your coin dates to the reign of King David Kalakaua (12 Feb 1874 - 20 Jan 1891). Would be very interested in seeing images of your spoons.

Warren

Portugal: Maria I & Pedro III 1782 400 Reis

Warren

Thank you so much Hada,

That Intrigued me so much that I needed to research that further. Here is a very interesting article with images.

Kashmir - Silver Art on Behance
http://www.behance.net/gallery/17485477 ... Silver-Art

Warren

link did not function, let's try this again

http://www.silvercollection.it/ENGLABRADBURY.html

If this does not function please google Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd

http://www.silvercollection.it/englabradbury.html
W

Good morning gentlemen, Look through this article on Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd then see if you can ascertain whether their sterling as well as by Thomas Bradbury. This is an excellent example of a silversmith who had a number of marks over his working career. http://www.silvercollection.it/ENGL...

Good day Ben,

Certainly a very impressive object. Would you consider reposting new images of the marks? May I suggest breaking them up into four images then rotate, crop, and enlarge each if possible.

Warren

Thank you both for sharing with the group. Was so perplexed needed to have a closer look at the actual makers mark. Here is a link for an ASCAS article "Silver Hallmarks for Paris (1723-1774) that displays an example of the mark described. http://www.ascasonline.org/articolonovem103.html Warren...

Good morning Amy,

That's what I found on Silver Flatware Fashions. Does that satin finish run along the stem as well, hard to tell.

Warren

Thank you Oel for the additional input. Even today there are many good technicians out there who are not as capable of marketing their own work properly. The arrange, arrangement works for manufactor, wholesaler, and retailer.

A very fine weekend to all!
W

Good morning, NY does seem to be a common link between Gardiner and Marquand although I did not check that detail for Brower & Rusher. May, may, be possible that Marquand was retailing his work through as many outlets as possible. Warren ps: was also recently thrown off by a teaspoon with a fidd...

Could not agree with you more AG. Do not own firearms or support hunting in any form unless it's for food. Merely trying to put this object in context.

A very good day to all!
W

Interesting, just spotted another example of this pattern marked M.OLSEN 830.S. The only difference being that the one I'm holding has a pattern on both sides. Did you pay more for the decorative element on both sides? http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu197/WarrenKundis/photo1-189.jpg

Thank you so much gentlemen, really appreciate your time and attention. So in this case Pettersen was the retailer of Hans Holhe's work. Let's see what I can find out about Holhe.

A very good day to you
Warren

Good morning, Your marks on in the correct position. There are actually four there. In the lower right you can see the Persian numerial 84 as 870/1000 parts silver. Will let someone else translate them. Do you have any idea which Persian city your grandfather's suppliers worked from? Warren ps: do t...

The shape of the bowls and the marks are very interesting. Note how in the last image the two marks overlap each other although difficult to see which one is on top.

Warren

That's interesting Trev, there is family of otters that live in the creek about half a mile from the house where I live in Illinois. Amena, the otters, like rabbits and fox may have been considered invasive species and were hunted. Imagine that they otters were going after fish in the streams. Remem...

Nothing like contradicting what I just posted. There is ine minaret on the with a flag, although have not as yet found an image viewing it all from the lake.