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Hi Danial, The marks tell us a great deal! NM stands for Norsk Mønster, meaning the design is copyrighted or protected in Norway. G-balance weight icon-P is the trademark for silverplate registered by Norges Gullsmedforbund of Oslo, the GP stands for Gullsmed Plett (plate). I believe Norges Gullsme...

Neuwirth lists a Carl (Karl) Maurer, mark CM in rectangle. Goldsmith working 1877 to (I think) 1923 {"Gest. 22.2.1923 (70 Jahrig)}

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Hi Theo,
Spain mid-19th to early 20th century. City mark is for Barcelona, maker is Jose Casas and the assayer is ByR (apparently unknown).
ref: Marcas de la Plata, 1999

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Hi,
Wondering if the blank disk was die stamped into a decorated lid after it had been hallmarked. It is the only plausible reason I can think of for the distortion.
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Hi,
Believe the mark is for H. J. Wilm, Berlin.
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Hi, A member kindly messaged that he'd once heard mention of a 'North Attleboro Plate Co.' and it might be worth following the thread. A web search garnered nothing, but a search of google books revealed a single sentence in the (Limited View) Jewelers Circular v. 104 - year 1933: "The North At...

Kultaseppa Salovaara Ky, Turku

Yes, it is their mark and the ring is typical of their output.
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Hi,
I recently picked up what appeared to be an 18th Century French beaker and was surprised to find this mark on the bottom. The quality of the reproduction was excellent and I hope we can identify the maker.
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Hi,
Your ring is modern, cast construction made sometime in the past 60 years. The single H mark gives little or no information as to its origins.
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Hi,
If the B mark is indeed separate and indicates the town, can anyone identify the town? It looks to me as if the top letters are FC, each in a teardrop shaped cartouche similar to the B, but at different angles.
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Silverly,
Certainly not a waste of time. Every bit of biographical information adds to the general body of knowledge. Keep up the good work.
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I'm fairly sure that is a poorly stamped Mexican eagle mark.

I've no idea whether this pattern is pre or post-war. However, I have seen a significant number of post-war German manufactured items that have had later additions of wartime insignia and/or monograms. This unpleasant collecting niche has more than its fair share of fakes and forgeries. Regards, Tom

According to "The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America" by Michael Clayton (rev. ed. 1985), in Britain the shaved silver pieces are called the diet and kept in the diet-box . He makes no reference to the mark left behind by the removal of the die...

Hi,
Don't know the maker, but a review of British hallmarks will get you on the right track.
http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html

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Thank you both. I've added the marks to Estonia on the World Marks guide.
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I'm guessing the two righthand marks are import marks of some sort. Does anyone recognize them?

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Hi, Stumbled across the identical item, I've included a pics of its only mark from a couple of different angles. It may be badly made and badly stamped 800 mark, but I'm not sure about that. Not absolutely sure that it is a posy holder, if so, it is certainly a different form than I'm used to seeing...

"Eighteen & Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art" pub. 1975
Catalog gives these dates and illustrates mark.

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Hi MCB, I've no idea whether it has happened, but it would not surprise me. British expats and foreign office types seem fond of returning from their travels with examples of the local silver. Frankly, thanks to this post: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17263" onclick="window.open(thi...