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by Sasropakis
Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:39 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: British Army Silver Question
Replies: 4
Views: 2531

Re: British Army Silver Question

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" addition...
by Sasropakis
Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:22 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Inscription
Replies: 3
Views: 2237

Re: Inscription

I don't speak Dutch but it's close to German and to me it looks like it says "Een Trouw Hart Is een Kroon der Weerelt" which would be something like "a faithful heart is a crown of the world". It's probably a saying and there's a heart and a crown in the engraving. Dutch speakers...
by Sasropakis
Mon May 17, 2021 1:48 pm
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Silver plate ? And origin ?
Replies: 6
Views: 3638

Re: Silver plate ? And origin ?

You probably mean von Nicolay family whose coat of arms can be seen on the fork. They owned the famous Monrepos manor near Vyborg (Viipuri in Finnish). I don't think the fork is silverplate but silver. The mark could be that of Augsburg but I'm not that familiar with German hallmarks. The town mark ...
by Sasropakis
Mon May 10, 2021 3:32 pm
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: Help with marks
Replies: 2
Views: 942

Re: Help with marks

Is the second mark from the right three crowns (tre kronor) upside down? Then it would be Swedish and the style indicates to the early 19th century. The other marks would probably be from left to right date (letter+number), maker (initials), three crowns and town which look something like Jönköping ...
by Sasropakis
Mon May 10, 2021 11:31 am
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Altered Serving Spoon
Replies: 2
Views: 2072

Re: Altered Serving Spoon

The date letter could be F for 1761. Or possibly some other from the 1756-1775 cycle. The makers' mark is so distorted that it's pretty much impossible to say anything about it.
by Sasropakis
Tue May 04, 2021 4:32 pm
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Swedish Lap Pipe - early 1800's CGS Maker
Replies: 3
Views: 2210

Re: Swedish Lap Pipe - early 1800's CGS Maker

I found a silversmith with initials CGS: Carl Gustaf Snak who worked in Stockholm in mid 1800's (you can find some items sold in auctions by googling the name). If there's number 4 in the date mark the item is dated 1831-54 and the style suggests that period too. Meerschaum is called sjöskum in Swed...
by Sasropakis
Sun May 02, 2021 6:38 am
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Help define 19th century London
Replies: 4
Views: 2217

Re: Help define 19th century London

The full name of the owner is engraved there: Sir Rose Lambart Price, 3rd Baronet (1837–1899) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_baronets#Price_baronets_of_Trengwainton_(1815) The crest on the other side appears to be that of Price baronets of Trengwainton because Fairbairn's book of crests gives t...
by Sasropakis
Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:30 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Coat of Arms Heraldic Crest Identification
Replies: 1
Views: 1925

Re: Coat of Arms Heraldic Crest Identification

The crown and helmet look more Continental than English. More specifically used by untitled nobility. The attitude of the horse is called forcené and if the hatching is done according to the normal conventions the field would be blue and the horse silver. Unfortunately this doesn't help much with id...
by Sasropakis
Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:54 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Silver shell Salt help with markings
Replies: 5
Views: 2389

Re: Silver shell Salt help with markings

The maker's mark is for Edward, Edward Jr., John & William Barnard: https://www.925-1000.com/bx_eejwBarnard.html
by Sasropakis
Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:03 pm
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Early Swedish teaspoon. No date marks.
Replies: 2
Views: 2106

Re: Early Swedish teaspoon. No date marks.

It could be by Nils Johan Dyker (or Düker) and the town is Växjö. The maker's mark shown here is similar to your spoon: https://digitaltmuseum.se/021028382109/sked When searching his name one can find other items but there he has used another mark N.Dyker so I'm not 100% sure about the attribution b...
by Sasropakis
Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:23 am
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Armorial or Heraldic Identification
Replies: 4
Views: 2625

Re: Armorial or Heraldic Identification

5th Earl is probably a good candidate. Here's a picture of his arms on a book binding: https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/STA011 He wasn't made a knight of the Garter until 1805 so if we assume that the engraving is from 18th century it shouldn't have the Garter and it doesn't. But th...
by Sasropakis
Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:36 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Armorial or Heraldic Identification
Replies: 4
Views: 2625

Re: Armorial or Heraldic Identification

Looks like the coat of arms of Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. The initials seem to support this assumption although the coronet looks a bit strange (probably that of an earl but I can't really see the strawberry leaves) and one can't be sure of the colours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Che...
by Sasropakis
Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:24 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: 17th century spoon markings.
Replies: 7
Views: 2213

Re: 17th century spoon markings.

They might be house marks (bomärke in Swedish) which were used in Scandinavia to mark ownership of an item: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_mark House marks might sometimes resemble runes but not necessarily because some other symbols could be used too (like crosses, arrows or even swastikas). A...
by Sasropakis
Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:36 am
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Kings Pattern teaspoon 1837
Replies: 6
Views: 1540

Re: Kings Pattern teaspoon 1837

The additional marks could be journeyman marks i.e. by the person who actually made the spoon: http://www.silvercollection.it/dictiona ... nmark.html
by Sasropakis
Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:55 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Kings Pattern teaspoon 1837
Replies: 6
Views: 1540

Re: Kings Pattern teaspoon 1837

I searched the topic a bit more and found this article: http://www.ascasonline.org/windowMAGGI107.html "This mark could be narrowed down to have been applied to the spoon between 29 May and 20 June 1837 - a mere 23 days. The last day of the year marking for the William lV era 1836-1837 was 28 M...
by Sasropakis
Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:32 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Kings Pattern teaspoon 1837
Replies: 6
Views: 1540

Re: Kings Pattern teaspoon 1837

It could be William Eaton if the maker's mark is indeed WE. At least the shape of the shield is similar to his mark: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-WC-WE.html#WE I'm not sure how the duty mark change from king William IV to queen Victoria happened (also the appearance of the town ...
by Sasropakis
Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:41 am
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Can anyone help with crest?
Replies: 4
Views: 3931

Re: Can anyone help with crest?

That could be the coat of arms of Swedish family von Rosen. The crown is that of a Swedish count and von Rosen family hold that title. Their coat of arms is three red roses on a golden shield. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Rosen_(adels%C3%A4tt) In this case the shield is gold (or) because it's &...
by Sasropakis
Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:16 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Marrow spoon - date? maker? Order of the Garter??
Replies: 4
Views: 1260

Re: Marrow spoon - date? maker? Order of the Garter??

The date is London 1900 and the maker William Hutton & Sons Ltd: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-WF-WH.html#Hutton The Garter emblem has a royal crown on top but I don't know if this could mean that the item comes from a royal service of if it's just commemerating something. An...
by Sasropakis
Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:25 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Unknown tea strainer?
Replies: 2
Views: 894

Re: Unknown tea strainer?

I don't know if this helps much but based on the shape of the hallmarks, especially the wavy shield of the lion passant, the item might be dated to the period 1896-1915: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/London/Cycle%201896-1915.html You could probably try to identify the maker's mark by bro...
by Sasropakis
Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:41 am
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: Genuine or pseudo marks?
Replies: 8
Views: 3575

Re: Genuine or pseudo marks?

I would say pseudo. The orientation is completely mixed-up and the duty mark (head of king George III) appears to be mirror image. Those look like Chinese export marks although I couldn't find an exact match.

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