www.925-1000.com

In Mexico, during the period this was marked, there were seemingly no official standards for marking, makers simply followed their owns whims of the moment.

came from this post 2 years ago
viewtopic.php?t=10946

Mexican silver from this era (circa 1940's-'50's) is usually sterling if marked 925. I agree, the metal is usually as marked and in a fair amount of cases of higher standard. The very few intentionally mis-marked pieces that I have come across are all in the bottom of the barrel as per design stand...

Please read the posting requirements. You may not post any photos on this forum that are not your property!

Don't know the intended use of the piece, but in American silver the style is often referred as Japanesque, an offshoot or subclass of the Aesthetic Movement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetici ... ative_arts

Regards, Tom

Is there any possibility that there is a trace of a pellet at center?

Tom
.

Lovely set, beautiful pictures, but perhaps you could try for a better image of the mark.
Thanks, Tom

Hi,
The marks on a silver watch case and the marks on the watch itself are often unrelated. You are looking for a watchmaker's mark, not a silversmith and I think your best bet for an ID would be to post your question on a watch forum.
Regards, Tom

Thank you Theo, for saving the pieces and for contributing the marks, I will add them shortly.
Best, Tom

Hi, The item is not a seal, it is the top handle to the lid of a serving dish, the fins are a locking mechanism that sets it in place with a half turn. There is a possibility that it is American and sterling, but if it is British it would have to be marked with at least a lion passant stamp if sterl...

Pieces made for hotels, railway lines, steamship lines, schools and similar institutions experience far more wear and tear than items intended for home use. Manufacturers of hotel ware would make the pieces with a thicker body and add a heavier layer of plating to give them a longer working life. Re...

The first few numbers are generally associated with towns, rather than individual makers. 1 is Mexico City, 3 is Taxco. Not absolutely sure, but I believe 2 is a secondary for either Taxco or MC. There is also a possibility that it is for Iguala or Guadalajara.

Regards, Tom

It is probably a communion set, the v for vinum, the a for aqua or wine & water in latin. If that is the case, origins could then be from anywhere. However, the set could also be Italian, Spanish or Portuguese, the initials working for wine and water in each of these languages. Without seeing th...

larger mark images will be needed

It is only a hunch, but the mark may be for M. Cochenthaler, a Montreal jeweler and retailer of silver goods.

Regards, Tom

This just in! from the Home Furnishing Review, Volume 8, 1896 NEW YORK'S grand jury has found indictments against Tiffany & Company, the Whiting Manufacturing Company, and the Gorham Manufacturing Company, as corporations, and Robert C. Black, Aaron V. Frost, Theodore B. Starr, George B. Shiebl...

Hi,
That is the mark of Becht & Hartl of Newark, NJ. Rainwater lists them as active c. 1935-1950.

Regards, Tom

That's English for you mate. We yanquis need the accent as a cue so as not to rhyme the word with; fate, date, rate, bait, or (especially) mate . Both the spellings "mate" and "maté" are used in English. The acute accent on the final letter is likely added as a hypercorrection, ...

Paulson's book, a 34 page pamphlet, only includes marks from the 1974 first edition of Postnikova.

Regards, Tom
.

Hi,
Can't make head or tail of the marks, but it looks to be a typically Italian charm of the 60's or 70's.
Tom
.