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Hi Trev,
Very valuable information, indeed. Have seen really poor late Victorian pieces and sometimes could not believe my eyes; very thin weighted sterling.
Best regards

I suppose you would like to have the rim pulled out. It sustained a serious blow or most probably fell to the ground right on the top and bent inwards. Tie a strong rope around the neck and pull with the help of the family.It might work although it seems to be a heavy gauge silver - not an easy task...

Dear Oel, All I can tell they are extremely well made; I suppose lost wax technique and not simple casting in two halves and soldered together, as often seen with objects like these. At least, I cannot see any soldering seam. I may guess what you already know; most probably not Dutch overseas territ...

All I know is ``coq au vin`` But who knows; poule au vin, dinde au vin sounds good,too.

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Pair of candlesticks; 9`` tall, London, date letter for 1892.
Horace Woodward & Co (Edgar Finley & Hugh Taylor) 1884..1892
(registered Jul 1883)
Great Charles Street, Birmingham
Recorded address in Birmingham; hallmarked for London, workshop in London?

http://i48.tinypic.com/2gv377b.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/50h5d3.jpg Crowned ``RG`` Date letter for 1839. In 1843, Queen Victoria appointed Garrard to the position of Crown Jewelers. Why the crown 4 years prior to the appointment? N.B.Unfortunately,the crest cannot be deciphered - almost erased.Not...

http://i48.tinypic.com/2ed1duc.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/ra1am9.jpg http://i48.tinypic.com/mk81lh.jpg Lady`s cigarette case by Georg Jensen, 8 x 5 cm. Mark used 1933 ~ 1944. Design number 207. The same design number appears with Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube, but she was born in 1927, worked for Georg...

http://i45.tinypic.com/jj8u0x.jpg http://i49.tinypic.com/6xxp5i.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/1zya3vo.jpg http://i50.tinypic.com/2d8rll5.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/34gajdd.jpg Three very small apothecary or cosmetic vessels, gilded interior; proximately only 1``X 1 `` Austria mark after 1922, ‘’L’’ fo...

Having seen this post another myth crossed my mind;``boxed items``.Often described at auctions,too; ``in original box``.This means nothing;old jewelry boxes are sometimes very expensive if genuine and bear an important maker`s logo.Besides, every old box can be reshaped and even impressions to fit a...

Why are ``cells`` not closed everywhere and the enamel spills into adjacent cells? Red enamel is dull in appearance and spotted with dark areas. Translucent red enamel is the challenge, and they had better avoided it. Even Faberge experimented with it for years. Not many have solved the problem (A,M...

The characters on the top stand for ``pure silver``.I suppose this is important.As for the rest, it is not easy for us in the West to understand how difficult it is to read Chinese characters (China is a vast country as you know).We are working on it - any new data will be posted here.

https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg Danish silver spoon made by Christian Rasmussen, crown jeweler, in 1893.It is 6 inches long. Marked on the bowl with silversmith’s name and three towers of Copenhagen with the year ``93``. Assayer’s mark ``SG`` of Simon G...

No maker`s mark in this one.Have seen Austrian- Hungary marks incorporating town mark and maker`s mark.This has to be provincial Hungary. I do not remember if we discussed this one;must be Ujvidek but the dove is incorporated within maker`s mark; probably not to interfere with ``13``Lot in town` mar...

Probably a retailer - much exported, but of no importance.

Then I missed something or misunderstood with ``some exhibition`` and it was actually World Fair in London.So,Sazikov DID have Prince Albert and Queen Victoria mark,right? If so, the question is if genuine or fake.There are huge catalogs of World fair in 1851 with more than 500 participants from Rus...

``Fantasy mark of some exhibition`` http://i49.tinypic.com/33m1xrk.png Exhibiting Russia at the world's fairs, 1851-1900 David Carlton Fisher Indiana University So, what did we find out? Most important Russian silversmiths attended world fairs, had some fun, got drunk, probably visited a brothel or ...

Looks like GAS in the last photo for The Georg Adam Scheid Company, founded in 1862 in Vienna, Gumpendorfer Str. 85
(Schmuck in Deutschland und Österreich 1895-1914Ulrike von Hase, 1977)
Diana`s head 900/1000
But pics are not sharp enough.I may be wrong.

Sharper,sharper marks,please.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2hnsxw4.jpg Hi, I do respect you, both of you, deeply and honestly. The mark in cursive letters (handwriting); have we ever seen it? I do not remember it in cursive letters. The spoons posted here are scrap silver and more valuable for the marks themselves, possibly to be tra...