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I can't find it, but Eastern Europe would be my guess- certainly the spoon has Turkish stylistic influence, but the standard mark is the Loth system (12). Sorry I can't be of more help!

Georgian Rococo silver dies out around the mid 1760's in England, so I do not think it can be original rococo chasing if it is the son, not the father (also, never seen an example of a chased egg nutmeg grater!). By the 1770's we are in to the Neo-classical/Adam period, and these are always plain un...

They polished up to give a silver looking appearence, as the photo shows, but after about a week they had returned to the yellow tone that they had pre-polishing. I'm not sure what the metal is, but the weight and flex are a reasonable match for silver. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https:...

Very strange- particularly the trefoil base of the lion punch, which is most like the 1916-35 London sequence. Are they simply spurious marks tested out on an unmarked spoon? Very odd indeed.

I've seen this before, and all sorts of similar irregularities! I think the simple answer is that Irish hallmarking was far less strictly defined than British, and it is not unusual to see marks inverted, irregularly placed, or in different configurations. I think there's no rhyme or reason behind i...

Hi there. Sadly not- Devlin's mark was in an oval punch, and with no pellet. His earlier mark was simply SLD. Incidentally, these are not British hallmarks. The mark on the right is the European Convention control mark, which is legally recognised in this country, but the piece was made for export a...

Afraid to say I suspect it may be electroplate. Can't trace the marks but there was a Johnathan Bell of Sheffield registered in Montague Street 1864-1878 who's mark is untraced, and a James Bell working for a short time in the early 1880's who also has no researched mark. They do look quite a lot li...

Yes, I think you've nailed it with this last post. I have handled many nutmeg graters which are makers mark only, by Meriton. He specialised in this sort of object.

This one has been later chased in the Victorian period, and sadly lost it's grille, but is still a pretty example.

I would love to see the piece these marks are on!