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Agree... Patina is not oxidation! Patina is the effect of years and years of cleaning and handling that cause hundreds of invisible signs that give to the silver the "soft light gray" color... in few words silver is no more so sparkling and reflecting. So cleaning is not polishing... If yo...

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numbers 1 and 2 did mean anything, often are put on the pieces to recognize pieces to put together (IE cap and body) you can easyly find this on tea pots, coffee pots cigarettes silver compact powders box...all made in two pieces, or you can find additionally on sets (as tea sets) for the same reaso...

Hi, for sure is typical italian silver jewellery box! regarding the mark, it is belonging to the period 1872-1934 , but I can say that style is typical of the first half XX century so the correct timing of the piece is 1900-1934. Regarding the beginning of XX century italian marks often is helpful w...

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End of 19° century beginning of 20°

Eugene Lefebvre, 1896-1910

Hi, the coffing pot is a typical venetian pot. The first mark is the St.Mark's Lion ( "Leone in moleca") that is a recurrent mark for venetian silver since 1400 up to 1800. The second mark should be manufacturer mark ... Tonghetti Natale? ... 1811 ... (symbol description:two weight scale i...

Hi there, regarding italian marks, it is common that you find the silversmith identification number and the name of another silversmith or the name of a retailer; this happens when the object is commisioned from a retailer/silversmith but done by the one that mark the silver with his own registered ...

Hi to everybody! as first I thank you for this useful site, where I found lot of intersting marks. Regarding Italian marks I have to say that only since 1934 it was introduced the silversmith identification number (into a lozenge) plus the silver content within, or not, an oval line. After italian u...