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Louis Jude Benoit Born: 28 Oct 1806, Villeneuve-la-Guyard, Yonne, son of Stanislaus Augustine Benoit, butcher & Catherine Adelaide Courceau Married: 5 Nov 1829, to Marie Marguerite Berteau Died: 16 Dec 1870, Paris, boulevard Beaumarchais 46, 11th arrondissement In 1858 he entered into partnersh...

The fish is a Zurich assayer's mark used 1830-1833 (although which of the two assay masters of the period - Otto Heinrich Wiskemann or David Conrad Fries II - is not known) and the maker's mark is that of Johannes Weber IV (1784-1846, master 1806) Ref: Hanspeter Lanz, Weltliches Silber 2 (Zürich: Sc...

During this period, departement 93 was Seine-et-Marne; its assay office was in the city of Melun. Unfortunately, I do not know of a reference which covers Empire era makers of the region.

Hope this helps!

Silverplate from the Berndorf Metalware Factory in Berndorf, Austria. See here: Marks of Berndorf Metalware Factory.

Francois Julien Doyen

Born: 12 Sep 1812, Paris, 5e arrondissement, son of Louis Julien Elenore Doyen & Angelique Antoinette Brunier
Married: 26 Aug 1835, Paris, 11e arrondissement, to Anna Francoise Beyerle
Died: 13 Aug 1869, Paris, 1er arrondissement, 24 place Dauphine

Great find and great call on ca. 1730/60 Switzerland! The maker is Jean-Pierre Dautun (1704-1768) of Morges, canton Vaud, the arms of which form the city mark here; the “XI” is the fineness: 11 deniers (.916). Dautun was a fine maker and the father of Pierre-Henri Dautun of the famous late 18th cent...

Charles Buzot

Born: 13 Feb 1796 [24 pluviôse an IV], Paris, 11th arrondissement, son of Charles Buzot & Marguerite Briet
Married: 7 Oct 1830, Paris, 2nd arrondissement, to Louise-Geneviève Lombard
Died: 9 Jun 1853, Paris, 7th arrondissement
Buried: 11 Jun 1853, cimetière de l'Est/Père Lachaise

Pewter is well out of my area of expertise, but these appear to be 18th century Strasbourg pewter marks with the maker's mark (the stork with "LW") of Leonard Wehrlen II (fl. 1731-1784). But best get this into the hands of someone who knows these things better than I. Ref: Tardy, Les Poinc...

The eagle on a key is the trademark of A. Collet & Cie. of Geneva, Switzerland, founded ca. 1890 and working well in to the 20th century.

I agree that the assay office code looks like "65", but in this cycle of marks (1819-1838), Hautes-Pyrénées was department 63; department 65 was Bas-Rhin and its assay office in Strasbourg. Unfortunately, I don't know of any references with Strasbourg makers after the very early 19th centu...

I think the marks are safely attributable to Gebr. Dingeldein of Hanau, which was founded by brothers Friedrich Otto (ca. 1838-1901) and Freidrich Wilhelm (ca. 1838-1910) Dingeldein. Friedrich Otto's son August Ernst Dingeldein (1874-1962) was their successor, and married Margarethe Kurz (1876-1947)...

I concur; specifically, they look like the Bordeaux Jurande/Communauté mark "H" for 1735-1738, the maker's mark "GT" with a star and crescent for Gabriel Tillet (Master 1703, d. 1757), and the charge mark "K" of 1734-1738. But, as JayT noted, the images of both the mark...

After a little more digging, I can confirm that silversmiths Bazile Chenailler (1779-1829) and Henri Louis Chenaillier (1811-1859) are in fact uncle and nephew. Henri Louis' father, also called Henri Louis Chenaillier (1782-1853), a merchant, was Bazile's brother.

12 April 1680 Thomas Farren, son of John & Ann Farren, baptized in Tewkesbury parish, Tewkesbury, Goucestershire,

Correction: Bazile Chenaillier was born in 1779, not 1799. (Not many 8-year-olds registered silver marks.)

Yes, both marks are that of the silver spoonmaker Bazile Chenaillier. His first mark - BC with a hummingbird above and a thrush below – was entered on 17 Feb 1807, and the second – BC with a rabbit – was entered on 31 Aug 1824. Arminjon notes that the second mark might have been his small mark, whic...

The patriarch and husband of the widow Jozan was: François Pamphile Jozan Born: 31 May 1786, Paris, son of Jean François Jozan & Genevieve Catherine Coltel Married: 16 Feb 1815, Maucourt-sur-Orne, Meuse, to Marie Anne Rittiez (1792-1861), daughter of Jean-Baptiste Rittiez & Agnes Barat Died:...

That is correct; the eagle’s head here is the 1809 medium-sized provincial census mark, which makes sense as the other marks here were in use 1798-1809; the spoon was evidently presented for the mark census in 1809 order to avoid the required assay duty associated with the new marks. Assay Office nu...

Ernst-Wilhelm Hundeshagen (also Hundhagen, Hundshager, Hunzaguer etc.) who was born in Hesse-Kassel and granted privileges to work in Fribourg in 1740. De Vevey has very little other information, other than that his wife, Marie Lucie Köberlin, probably died in October 1798, and that he had three son...

Oddly enough, I was just doing some research on Dannenberg, as I have a plain silver pen by him. This is what I found: Eduard Christian Philipp Dannenberg Born: 1 Jun 1838, Mitau, son of goldsmith Friedrich Philipp Dannenberg (1803 –1859) and Eleanore Emilie Groeger Married: Sep 1864, St. Trinias, R...