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- Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:29 am
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Can anyone help identify the master and the years of work?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 78
Re: Can anyone help identify the master and the years of work?
The second mark is a single crown for Finland. 3rd is the town mark and it looks like it has two fish for Uusikaupunki (Nystad in Swedish). 4th marks is fineness 13 loth and 5th mark A4=1882. The first mark is the maker's mark but I couldn't find any silversmith with initials ML in Uusikaupunki or ...
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 6:49 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Meaning of Dublin Star?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7586
Re: Meaning of Dublin Star?
The dog's head crest and the motto Denique Coelum is identified by Fairbairn's Book of Crests to Melville family (apparently different branches with various spellings but several have used dog's head as crest). They seem to be from Scotland but maybe some had an Irish connection. See: https ...
- Sun May 25, 2025 7:42 am
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Antique Christian plate / Armenian ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 502
Re: Antique Christian plate / Armenian ?
I can't help with the age/origin of the plate but the picture depicts Jesus and is more specifically called Arma Christi or the instruments of the passion. For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_Christi
- Wed May 21, 2025 9:10 am
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Urn with crest and unusual hallmarks (pseudo?)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 383
Re: Urn with crest and unusual hallmarks (pseudo?)
Just curious
What does ALOS mean in the cartouche?
I didn't find anything in the dictionary
Amena
Could be a corrupt conjugation of a Latin verb alere (to nourish). Not sure which would be the correct one though. The heraldic achievement isn’t that convincing either so one would expect bad ...
- Sat May 10, 2025 10:29 am
- Forum: German Silver
- Topic: German tea spoon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 255
Re: German tea spoon
The crown above the coat of arms tells that it belongs to an untitled noble (Adel) family (so not counts of barons etc.) which makes it rather difficult to identify the family. The spoon is German so the best assumption would be that the family is too so if you have time and energy you could browse ...
- Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:38 am
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Danish silver cake server with swedish import hallmark
- Replies: 2
- Views: 339
Re: Danish silver cake server with swedish import hallmark
I think it's GGL for Georg Gleerup, Copenhagen 1950-60, with Swedish import marks.
- Sun Apr 13, 2025 5:13 am
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Antique Tureen (Food Warmer)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 343
Re: Antique Tureen (Food Warmer)
I don't think the rooster has anything to do with France. It's stands on a torse (heraldic term for a twisted fabric roll) so it's a crest. Crests were used by British families who were granted coat of arms so if you know the name of the original owner's family it might be possible to find it in ...
- Wed Apr 02, 2025 12:30 am
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Could it be Georg Jensen?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1297
Re: Could it be Georg Jensen?
Three crowns in oval is the Swedish import mark so the item was imported into Sweden and S means that it’s silver. Are there any other marks? There seems to be something in the middle of the 4th picture but is it just a scratch or a reflection?
- Sat Mar 29, 2025 1:29 pm
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: The Cathedral Treasure
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1098
Re: The Cathedral Treasure
I agree. Nothing indicates Russia. The carving could depict Holy Roman Emperor Charles V during his coronation procession in Bologna in 1530 and the person wearing a mitre could be pope Clement VII (one of the first bearded popes). This was the last time the pope crowned an emperor in Italy. I ...
- Fri Mar 21, 2025 1:03 pm
- Forum: Silver Jewelry - Single Image
- Topic: Swedish silver import marks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1810
Re: Swedish silver import marks
I don't see any Swedish import marks here unless. There should be an oval three crowns' mark. The oval leaf mark looks like a thistle which would indicate Scotland and MAB looks more like MAH to me.
- Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:15 am
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Finnish Silver Spoon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1652
Re: Finnish Silver Spoon
Yes, it's Helsinki 1888. PA is Petter Airaksinen (1871-1898) who was a subcontractor for RM Otto Roland Mellin (1860-1907).
- Fri Feb 21, 2025 5:17 am
- Forum: London Hallmarks
- Topic: spoon master and period please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4168
Re: spoon master and period please
London 1859 (Queen Victoria's head and d). As far as I can see the maker's marks is GA for George William Adams.
- Sun Feb 09, 2025 5:42 am
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Seal top spoon
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9527
Re: Seal top spoon
I couldn't find a silversmith in Hudiksvall with initials CI or like that and the goat's head doesn't really look like the town marks of Hudiksvall. I don't know why anyone would imitate Hudiksvall's mark because it's not that well known.
As a general note the lack of other Swedish hallmarks wouldn ...
As a general note the lack of other Swedish hallmarks wouldn ...
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 6:42 am
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: French Duke?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9454
Re: French Duke?
I think I could have found a match. The coat of arms with leopard heads could be for the family de Frémont: D'azur à trois têtes de léopard d'or. When searching some information about the family I found some genealogy sites and found the following couple:
Antoine Nicolas Louis Charles (1762 - 1827 ...
Antoine Nicolas Louis Charles (1762 - 1827 ...
- Mon Dec 16, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: French Duke?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9454
Re: French Duke?
I couldn't find any match when searching armorials of French dukes. Could the crown be that of a marquis instead? In that case there would be leaves alternating with clusters of three pearls. The coat of arms with three lion/leopard heads could be for the family Anzeray who held the title marquis de ...
- Mon Dec 02, 2024 7:03 am
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Finnish sugar sifter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8975
Re: Finnish sugar sifter
Now the marks are very clear. It’s Hopeatakomo Oy (”silver forge limited company”), Helsinki.
- Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:10 am
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Finnish sugar sifter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8975
Re: Finnish sugar sifter
The hallmarks are rather unclear, especially the first one which is probably the maker's mark. It looks like the crown has been struck twice and it might have distorted the maker's mark. 813H is for the fineness (H=hopea=silver), the next mark looks like a boat of Helsinki and the last one is the ...
- Tue Nov 19, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: What is the Madonna spoon used for?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16034
Re: What is the Madonna spoon used for?
The text reads "Help us, Holy Trinity" and it's the Holy Trinity that is depicted: God the Father, the Son (Jesus on the cross) and the Holy Spirit (dove). The original spoon was probably a baptismal spoon but this one is a reproduction.
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 12:38 pm
- Forum: European Jewelry
- Topic: Swedish three crown charm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16516
Re: Swedish three crown charm
C.G. Hallbergs Guldsmeds AB, Stockholm, Z7=1926.
- Fri Oct 04, 2024 2:54 am
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Armorial on 18th Century Knives
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9863
Re: Armorial on 18th Century Knives
The best match I could find is the coat of arms of Killigrew. Their baronetcy became extinct in 1705 but there probably were other untitled family members. And the second link shows the lion crest too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killigrew_baronets
https://shakespearereinvented.wordpress.com/2012 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killigrew_baronets
https://shakespearereinvented.wordpress.com/2012 ...