The 'P' indicates that it was made in the city of Pest, the other half of Buda. I think the numerical mark may be just to the left of the ponytail on the back of Diana's head. Tom
Welcome to the forum. Beautiful Jugendstil box, but not French, as a quick look here will show. French Hallmarks I believe it is German (but possibly Austrian) and I've moved it to this category where there is a better chance of someone identifying the maker.
Hi Carling, The first number is the pattern number and dates to 1888. The capital "M" indicates that it was made during the directorship of Edward C. Moore (1873 ~ 1891). The second number is the order number, used "in house" by Tiffany to track production. The combination of the pattern number and ...
Hi Niel, It is nice to find a David-Andersen piece with import marks, usually there is no way to get such a precise date on manufacture. Here is a link to the David-Andersen marks and history section on this site. Below is a comparable example by them in a pierced ladle (without dateable marks) that...
Hi Silvercrown, Rainwater illustrates a mark for the Howard Sterling Co. of Providence, that incorporates the clover mark. http://www.925-1000.com/marks/m_howardSC_pRI.jpg They note that this trademark was in use from 1894 onward. Howard (the firm did make sterling patternware) was in business, in o...
Hi, Since 1838, the crab is the silver guarantee mark for small articles made of .800 purity silver outside of Paris. I'd guess the age of this piece at mid twentieth century. "Bte" is an abbreviation of Brevete, it is akin to 'patent' or 'copyright'. The diamond form is the maker's mark, ...
Your dish is Japanese, .950 is the standard there and, although I don't know 'CPO', I've seen their mark in conjunction with the retailer's marks of Toyokoki and Miyata, both are Japanese jewelry shops.
Hi Jim, My references yielded nothing. Searching google for "whh birmingham' offered lots of returns, mainly from auction houses. When you view these, almost all of the known makers are listed by name rather than initials. Since WHH was always listed by initial only, it leads me to believe that this...
Roblyn, The TA-01 number shows that it was made sometime after the late 1970's. It is the number allocated to Los Castillo by the Taxco assay office. The 27 is the the design or pattern number. Plateado, means plated, so the silver colored parts are not sterling. The stone inlay is, most likely, pie...
Hi Michael, Your rolling ship model is called a nef, and it is a made in the city of Hanau in Germany, in the latter 19th or 20th century. Hanau was an open city, as far as hallmarking was concerned and beginning in the 19th century, silvermiths used some very fanciful and confusing markings. The fi...
Hi Rob, I haven't been able to find this maker's mark in any of my references. The spoon is the earliest version of the 19th century fiddleback. No shoulders above the bowl, still has a drop at the back of the bowl and just the narrowest flare to the fiddle handle. It would date c. 1800 to 1815 and ...
Hello Soler, The pictures are showing fine now. The mark with the K, off in the dark area on the left, is the maker's mark. It will have at least two letters, we'll need them both to have any chance of identifying the maker. Try looking at it in good light with a magnifier and let us know if you can...
Hi Jim C, There's logic to your theory, but Birmingham used their own brand of logic and started with letter A in 1773. Sheffield was already into a cycle that year and was up to E at the time. Over the intervening years, due to other discrepencies, their cycles became even more out of kilter. Usual...