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I found this piece on the site: It does mention that alpacca is the base metal. Quoting from: Marks of Berndorf Metalware Factory in Austria : The Alpacca alloy was developed in 1823 by the German chemist Dr. Ernst August Geitner (1783-1852). It was very similar in its appearance to silver, but sign...

Thanks for the extra information DianaGaleM.
I have been looking at as site called ascasonline.org.
They show all the stamps and marks with explanations to when and what they mean.
The deeper you go the more interesting it gets.

Thanks Traintime. It goes a lot futher than I thought.

Thank you DianaGaleM. The year mentioned for the pattern book is good to have. It confirms my feeling as to how old the bag is. I know it was silver plate / alpaca. Even though WMF did make silver objects it doesn't have the German silver marks so that was ruled out quickly. Alpaca is generaly a thi...

Bahner, Thank you for the information. Maybe the O was used for more than only tableware and flatware as this is on a bag / purse. Even so it narrows the date line good deal for when it was made.
regards Jacobi.

Trevor "dognose" Thanks for the information. It is a great help.

Cheryl "dragonflywink" No problems we all have those times.

Thank you for your quick responces. Extra infomation for sierraMadre. I think the purse is from the period between 1890 and 1920 and comes from France but I have also seen examples from Austria. As far as I can tell the chain is original as it has solderd links and connection rings without visable j...

Can someone help me identify the marks I came accross on an old fashion handbag / purse. I have looked everywhere to see if there are any other marks but can'nt find any. I don't know if the mark in the shield is a country mark or a makers mark. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www.925...