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Hi Glenn,
Good detective work, info on these marks is also available here at:
http://www.925-1000.com/dlSheffield2.html

Regards, Tom

A great grandson of Victor Hugo, François Hugo was a mid-century silversmith & jeweler. He is primarily remembered for translating the designs of a number great artists, including: Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, and Marcel Duchamp, into works in silver. The link is to a 6 1/2 minute video ...

Here are examples of the 1938-84 marks for 19.2K gold.

A clear image of the post-1984 stag head mark as seen on these earrings can be viewed at:
http://www.925-1000.com/Fportugal.html

regards, Tom
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Mark is DGH http://www.925-1000.com/denmarkD.html

Coincidental or not, it is good that the information was posted. Elimination is an important part of the identification process. Over the years, I've seen a fair number of pieces made by this company and I think that "E in a rectangle" must have been a fairly small manufactory. Their outpu...

Hi R ingo,
Believe it is 1806. You can view a set of marks for the following year at the Museum Bredius website, see the tea canister for a matching Lion Rampant.
http://www.museumbredius.nl/zilver/z8.htm

Regards, Tom
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There was a Porfirio Lugo working in Taxco in the fifties. The mark would translate as P. Lugo, Artistic Silver.

Regards, Tom

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Hello,
An Oslo firm named Wikant used a "W" mark, however I am not sure of their years of operation.
Regards, Tom

Hi Silverly,
I'm sure it is Wood & Hughes and would date it to the mid 1860's.
Regards, Tom
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Hi,
Not absolutely sure, but it may be Hansen & Andersen, first mark here
http://www.925-1000.com/denmarkH.html

Regards, Tom

Hi Trev, Nice - Spanish it is, the 'palm tree MCA' is for Palma de Mallorca used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The mark is illustrated in "Marcas de Plata; Espanola y Virreinal", the book also shows another letter/number mark (B over 09) the explanatory text says "1809?&q...

The conjoined Hc is the Hopicrafts mark, the company was originally named Hopi Enterprises, but only for its first year or so. That change took place around 1961 shortly after the company moved from Phoenix to Kykotsmovi, AZ. It operated as Hopicrafts for a couple of decades. In the early years thei...

The marks appear to be for Michael Gashwazra, working at Hopicrafts (Hc)

Regards, Tom

http://books.google.com/books?id=XYXiVo ... &q&f=false
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The mark "French Man" is currently in use by Frenchman Ltd. of Vichy France, marketers of reproduction absinthe accessories.

Regards, Tom

Great item, Trev. Went looking for Nelson's gold example but could not find an illustration of it. Learned it was sold at Christies in 1895 and was soon thereafter donated to a British museum. Here is a link to another of Nelson's knife/forks, clearly one of his more utilitarian (what, mutton again!...

The law of 1884 made .800 the minimum standard for Germany, but it did not set any specific standard for manufacturers to use. Consequently, many standards above .800 were used, the most common I've encountered are .800, .835, .900, .925 and .935, but there is no reason why a maker could not use .83...

wev,
Bravo!
Tom
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Hi,
Your item would fall into the "sterling novelties" category rather than "holloware", and would generally not carry a date mark. The trademark it carries would date to the mid to late 20th century.

Regards, Tom

Hi,
I think the third mark may be a small Austrian assay mark, if so, the clover leaf would then be the maker's mark of the Alexander Sturm firm.

Regards, Tom