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by dragonflywink
Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:00 pm
Forum: American Jewelry
Topic: Date of Charles Robbins Mark
Replies: 4
Views: 2672

Re: Date of Charles Robbins Mark

Rainwater shows those Robbins marks as in use circa 1900-1926, but I think more likely they came into use after 1912 when the firm became the ''The Robbins Co.', and have seen it on pieces that probably date as late as the '30s and perhaps even into the early '40s. Can't make out what the emblem on ...
by dragonflywink
Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:15 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Scandanavian Rnamel Brooch
Replies: 3
Views: 1327

Re: Scandanavian Rnamel Brooch

Hi - welcome to the forums. It's Norwegian, and you have the marks upside down, it's '925S' indicating sterling silver, the maker's mark is a backward 'K' for Edvin Kristiansen/Kristiansen & Lande - please see the second to last post on this thread: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t...
by dragonflywink
Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:59 am
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Believed to be Gorham? Looking for confirmation and details.
Replies: 6
Views: 2489

Re: Believed to be Gorham? Looking for confirmation and details.

Welcome - noting the size is helpful in identifying an item's purpose...

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Thu Nov 07, 2019 1:49 am
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Trip Konig oder Chuck Koenig?
Replies: 5
Views: 1588

Re: Trip Konig oder Chuck Koenig?

The image in the link for 'Kings III' is actually "King George' - and pieces can change over the years, since you mention the patent date isn't present on yours, it's most likely later production...

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Thu Nov 07, 2019 1:06 am
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Trip Konig oder Chuck Koenig?
Replies: 5
Views: 1588

Re: Trip Konig oder Chuck Koenig?

King George:
Image

Kings III:
Image

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:50 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Incorrect silver pattern description in web page
Replies: 2
Views: 6063

Re: Incorrect silver pattern description in web page

Hi - welcome to the forums. Can only say that I agree that the pattern shown as 'New Queens' is actually 'King George'. Carpenter and the JCK Index also show 'New Queens' as introduced in 1895...

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:41 am
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Trip Konig oder Chuck Koenig?
Replies: 5
Views: 1588

Re: Trip Konig oder Chuck Koenig?

Not sure I understand your question, the item you show appears to be a tomato or cucumber server in Gorham's 'King George' pattern, introduced in 1894 - I'm not familiar with a 'King Charles' pattern, and 'Kings III', introduced circa 1885, while somewhat similar, is not at all the same as 'King Geo...
by dragonflywink
Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: Mystery Objects
Topic: What Was the Use of This Piece of French Flatware?
Replies: 7
Views: 5811

Re: What Was the Use of This Piece of French Flatware?

Try an internet search for "fourchettes à melon argent" and see what turns up - can probably dig up some catalog images when I have time...

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:06 pm
Forum: Mystery Objects
Topic: What Was the Use of This Piece of French Flatware?
Replies: 7
Views: 5811

Re: What Was the Use of This Piece of French Flatware?

Looks like a melon fork to me...

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:19 am
Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
Topic: Baleen Handle Toddy Ladle - Perhaps Scottish?
Replies: 4
Views: 2379

Re: Baleen Handle Toddy Ladle - Perhaps Scottish?

Thanks, Trev! Early 19th century?

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:32 pm
Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
Topic: Baleen Handle Toddy Ladle - Perhaps Scottish?
Replies: 4
Views: 2379

Baleen Handle Toddy Ladle - Perhaps Scottish?

My eyesight is so bad anymore, can't make much sense out of the marks, which appear to be the same struck thrice, so I turned four pics four directions - any ideas? Thanks so much... ~Cheryl https://i.postimg.cc/W45VHVrw/toddyladlebaleen-1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/rwcK68dB/toddyladlebaleen-2.jpg htt...
by dragonflywink
Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:24 pm
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Sterling Fork ID Help Please
Replies: 2
Views: 2414

Re: Sterling Fork ID Help Please

Durgin's 'Fairfax' pattern, introduced in 1910, continued in production by Gorham...

https://www.925-1000.com/ax_durgin.html

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:24 am
Forum: Middle East
Topic: Unknown Maker on Bowl , Asian?
Replies: 3
Views: 6381

Re: Unknown Maker on Bowl , Asian?

Workmanship and marks are typical of modern Turkish silver...

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Tue Sep 24, 2019 4:51 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: How to operate Postimage.com
Replies: 4
Views: 3248

Re: How to operate Postimage.com

I've been using postimage.org for quite a while now, on my Android phone, laptop and desktop - I'm not registered, simply open the site, click on 'Choose image', my files are pulled up, click on my picture, after it uploads, scroll down to 'Hotlink for forums', click on the blue 'copy/clipboard' ico...
by dragonflywink
Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:27 am
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith
Replies: 6
Views: 7865

Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

Find a Friedrich Christopher Zwanzig (1822-1889) in Schleswig, as well as his son Friedrich Christoph Zwanzig (b.1857)...

(Thank you Theo)

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:56 am
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith
Replies: 6
Views: 7865

Re: Set of 5 spoons help needed to identify silwersmith

To my eye, looks like 'F.C.ZWANZIG'

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Help Please Identifying Unusual Gorham Bowl
Replies: 2
Views: 5041

Re: Help Please Identifying Unusual Gorham Bowl

Hi ~ welcome to the forums.

Nothing to do with Martelé (as a note, Martelé was .950 fineness).

It is a fairly rare hand-crafted piece associated with Gorham's very uncommon 1880s 'Hamburg' flatware pattern - it is a really, really nice item...

~Cheryl
by dragonflywink
Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:58 am
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Spoon Handle Stamped Backwards
Replies: 3
Views: 4058

Re: Spoon Handle Stamped Backwards

Very likely the other found was a baby spoon too, do know that Baker-Manchester, Kirk, and Weidlich (those are the three that come to mind, right off) all used regular line patterns and looped their handles toward the front, though Weidlich usually used a roundish bowl, while Baker-Manchester and Ki...
by dragonflywink
Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:35 am
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Spoon Handle Stamped Backwards
Replies: 3
Views: 4058

Re: Spoon Handle Stamped Backwards

Have seen this a number of times - someone straightened out a loop handled baby spoon, it should be curved around to show the pattern on the same side as the bowl...

~Cheryl

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