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I'm looking at my Box and the letters {K} and {T} have a very similar stylized-font as your letters. ::: Also I think I see a hint of an {A} in your pic. ::::

That is strange because you would expect that design element to be present on both pieces. :::: Why would the spoon have what the fork lacks? ::

I have a box by [K.T.A.] and it was explained to me as Hungarian so I wonder if this could send you on the right track. ::: "If you do a quick google search for "Kurcz Testvérek és Adler Vilmos" you will find many amazing examples of their boxes, all of which are described in the Hung...

After looking at a chalice hallmarked for "Harrison Fisher & Co." [HF & Co] it is extremely likely that the "HF" hallmark on the chalice and the paten is for this company. ::: The D-Day museum in Portsmouth does not make the connection between the "HF" hallmark ...

I found a website where someone managed to unscrew the top cup part and there actually were hallmarks underneath there but they had been deliberately obscured, so at least the cup is solid sterling silver, and the rest of the body might be solid sterling silver as well (not sure, still researching)....

Many of the descriptions of these chalices say "a broad arrow stamped in the base" so this "broad arrow" hallmark might have some sort of significance, and also some have a hallmark of "HF" and the chalices from World War 2 sometimes have a "KC17249" additiona...

Does anyone happen to have information about British Army Communion Kits that the British Army Padre would use to administer communion and last rites? There is a good resource from "The D-Day Story" which is on a website from the Portsmouth D-Day museum which describes Chaplains and D-Day ...

The black background behind the white cameo, I assume that is either ebony (wood) or jet (fossilized wood), but I really am not sure how the goldsmith achieved the black color on the frame of the 18K gold mounting, is that some sort of black enamel technique? ::: Are those tiny pieces of jet inlaid ...

It is great to see authentic Klingert because there is a lot of replica Klingert out there and this thread will educate many people. ::::

I keep reading about a "Satyr" hallmark from Belgrade, Serbia, and I happened upon it because I thought the image of that standing figure was that of a young "Satyr" ::: If hallmarking was not compulsory for this region, which might have been part of the Austro-Hungarian empire a...

What's this about Baldwin not completing his apprenticeship because it was basically indentured servitude and working conditions were too unfair? :::

Did Baldwin basically invent the process of making rolled gold plate?

It seems to me to be a tiny "Caduceus" hallmark which is an ancient symbol that you sometimes see on medical signs ::: If that is correct, I lean towards Italy or France, but that's just a first impression ::: Does anything else about the pin point towards a certain country? :::

If that is an "M" could it be "Thor Selzer Madsen" ? ::: I did a search for "Danish Bracelet Chrysoprase" because I sort of thought that your gemstone was Chrysoprase, and quite a few Danish mid-century bracelets showed up. :::: At first I was looking at your stones and...

"Nils Hertz, president of H. Nils Danish Silver, Inc., a retail store at 513 Madison Avenue, died yesterday of cancer at his home. 200 East 57th Street. He was 52 years old. Mr. Hertz, who used the name H. Nils in business, was born in Denmark and came to the United States in 1936. He started h...

I have a few pieces of H NILS as well, I couldn't figure out if it was a large retail shop or a person. ::::

I see enough silver tarnish and I don't see any of the tell-tale signs of silver-plate (signs include wear of the extremely thin top layer of silver which reveals a brown metal color underneath, that awful purple color that silver-plate often shows for some reason). ::: I would assume it's 925 silve...

Would [S.M} be the Maker's Mark or the mark of the " "Console dell'Arte " (assayer mark)". ::: The Year Hallmark might be the one that is so worn it is extremely difficult to figure out. ::: I think the "Eagle" and the "Year Mark" are on the swinging handle, a...

If you search for "Silver Holy Water Bucket" you will come up with very similar shaped objects with a swing handle. ::::

This might be a Silver Holy Water Bucket from either Holland or Italy. :::: I keep seeing Italian examples that are similar. ::::

One face appears to be male and one appears to be female so this might have a ceremonial purpose for a wedding. :::::