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Hi, You are supposed to see something like this: maker’s mark on the left, and Soviet star guarantee mark used after 1958. From left to right: Letter in Cyrillic alphabet indicating assay office (cannot be number 4). Then star with the hammer and sickle within it, then 925. Regards https://abload.de...

Hi, Rather than letter G it looks like crescent and crown for German Reichsmark for silver (.800 standard in this case). See here: https://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884.html Crescent and crown mark was not uniform, and almost every maker had it in different form. Regards https://abload.de/img...

Hi,
To the left of Repunzierung mark, there is another mark, hidden within the patina.
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Hi,
Faked marks, no doubt.
Besides,``silver and ruby figure of a dog`` can be seen in one of the images; those animal figures marked Faberge are always faked.
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Hi,
The maker was registered in Firenze (Florence); FI in the mark.Number cannot be deciphered.
The label is a retailer in Frosinone, province in Lazio.
Everything is genuine.
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Hi, Generally speaking, our perception and undertsanding of life and working conditions in 18th and 19th century (let alone earlier centuries) is completely wrong and idealistic. There are surviving log books of major and minor silversmiths` guilds; one such log book is kept in a museum in Budapest....

Hi, Hesitated to answer but this is the reality: 1. WW II in occupied areas; no food in cities, flour and meat was traded for gold and diamonds. In a word, jewelry. Peasants who had food were not interested in silver. 2. Behind iron curtain, countries occupied by Soviet Union: hard currency and jean...

PS , would anybody know how many of the souvenir spoons would make a complete set ?

I think the set of six tea spoons is complete, and possibly has something to do with WWI because it is composed of Belgian coat of arms and French places known for battles in WWI close to Belgian border.
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Better mark of Tønder sailing ship:

"Antique Umbilical Cord Scissors" or ‚‚Stork scissors‚‚ Almost always in form of a stork.
Have not seen lion like yours, and besides, the tip looks like if it was meant to pick up something.
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Or sugar tongs.

Hi,
It is Hanau:
1. There are numerous Hanau items marked only with N and 13 without maker`s mark.
2. Looks like typical Hanau fancy grape shears (?).
3. Overall Hanau aspect

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I went to then maker's link you provided but cannot match up the hallmarks. Is that just how it works?

When you open:

https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_W2.html

There is perfect match of the mark on the left (exactly thee same pictorial mark) with makers initials in Gothic letters.

No right click possible to save the image.
Copy paste image address in Firefox, then click on Tools then Page info then Media, then scroll to find and save the image.
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Hi,
It was made by E.G. Webster & Son
See here:
https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_W2.html

АО
Alexey Osipov Алексей Осипов
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ТФ4 stands for Tallinn Jewelry Factory, now Estonia, number 4 after the factory initials is for 1954.
Hellenic letter eta H for Tallin assay office (in front of worker`s head with hammer), mark used until 1958.
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Heat them; oven temperature cannot damage silver. You can use hair drier or even open fire (jeweler torch - cautiously).
Then spray with WD - 40.
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leopard`s head is for London assay office

Hi,
AG is sponsor`s mark unknown to me (maker)
crown is for gold
375 is gold purity of 9 karat – or 37.5 per cent pure
letter c is year 1977

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