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Hi, This will add only a little to the perfect answer given by Silverport. The ‘I’ mark. Duty mark for unguaranteed standard of fineness new gold and silver objects of national origin. Your photo shows the ‘I’ mark 250 minimum fineness, used 1906-1953. It refers to the old ‘S’mark (1853-1859) descri...

Armand Hammer 1921 visited:Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика or Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika. Plenty of information about Armand Hammer you can find on the Internet. Any way, t...

Hi, Herewith I partly answer my own question. It was not uncommon to have the marks punched on the spoon bowl. Please compare the marks of an Enkhuizen spoon and Amsterdam with the smirched odd looking marks on your spoon. We also know that during the end of the 19th century plenty of replicas were ...

Hi, Just a thought. Would it not make more sense if the hallmarks were punched in a vertical row on the stem of the spoon. Instead of on the bowl? Or was it perhaps common practice in the 18th century to have the hallmarks punched like we see on the spoon. Also the date letter looks a bit odd to me ...

Hi Kiwi Doug,

Thanks for sharing .

Greetins,

Oel

Hello Miles,

Perhaps top from left to right: crowned lion rampant for the province control mark, makers’ mark (?) Bottom left to right: date letter (?) Andreas- crosses crowned (?) for Amsterdam.
Pseudo/ fake marks? I am not sure wait and see what the others say.

Regards,

Oel

Hi, My reference book the Silver Lexicon by Janjaap Luijt calls it a spoon vase. Most of the spoon vases are pierced silver work, inside a cobalt blue glass liner. Along the top edge of the frame, twelve silver eyelets, to hang twelve matching tea spoons. I believe the vase could be used for holding...

Hi Blackstone, Perhaps a bit confusing, but as I understand you, an alderman in Danzig could use his assayer mark as a maker’s mark on his own items made, but he could not assay his own work. He also was allowed to continue to use his assay mark as a maker’s mark, although he was no more an alderman...

Hi Sergant Silver, To me the material of the spoon, made into a ring, does look like pewter. Do not see any valid silver hallmark. The lion with seven arrows in his claw represents the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. For more information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" on...

Hi Alinabruk, Your silver ash trays are made by: B.W. van Eldik & A.F. van der Scheer or Hollandia Zilversmeden, date entry/struck 1917/1950, location city of Zutphen in the Netherlands, Lion passant 2, for .833 fineness used 1814-1953, minerva head(assay office mark), date letter X for 1932 Reg...

Hi,

Try to learn and read. Please show us a clear photo of the Dutch marks. Next time also show all the marks in one go. Not one by one. On your last photo, the unclear left inserted mark, looks like Dutch maker's mark.


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Oel

Hi Trev,

Yes I believe this Birth spoon or Memorial spoon has been made in the antique style, perhaps the Assay Office Letter reads, M for Schoonhoven. However let us wait for more information provided by Thames03, before drawing a conclusion.
Best regards,
Oel

Hi Thames03, Regarding the marks: the B could be a malformed Dutch date letter for 1836, supposed to be in a circle, the flower like mark not Dutch, perhaps both marks are non Dutch or so called pseudo marks. The only mark I recognize is the Minerva head used 1814-1905. The identifying assay office ...

Forgot to mention, Gerritsen started a joined venture with a family member of van Kempen and became known as Gerritsen en van Kempen silver factory. Fierce competitor of Van Kempen & Begeer an other well known silver factory .

Regards,

Oel

Hi,
Initials GZ. for Gerritsen n.v. Nederland, Fabriek (Factory) van Gouden (Gold) en Zilveren (Silver) werken(works)
City of Amsterdam and Zeist, entery date 1908/1924
Well known Dutch silver and gold factory.

Regards,

Oel

Hi,

To compare herewith a link to the Magazine Antiques, which includes a slideshow with some great Russian cloisonné pieces.
http://www.themagazineantiques.com/articles/faberge/


Regards,

Oel

Hi Elimiz,
FB above * for A.J.W. Bouwman (Firma Frans Brugsma), city of Groningen, date 1924-1932.
Regional Assay Office letter E=Groningen and F is for Leeuwarden.
I believe the FB 130 in a bow tie could be for the same maker. Perhaps an unregistered mark but I am not sure.

Regards,

Oel

Hi Kiwi Doug,



Check : http://books.google.com/books?id=9HP2rE ... &q&f=false



On page 49,entry 41, family crest for Burrard shows some similarity.



Regards,



Oel

Dear Silverport, Thank you for correcting my date error. Question about the double swam mark for re-export, did the importer has to pay import duty,altough the item was for re-export or did this double swan mark idicated, no import duty paid. And were can we find this information about the double sw...

Hello Kiwi Doug, Just to inform, you could ask the: library@thegoldsmiths.co.uk They are the best and very friendly to assist, all they have to know is your question with a photo of the hallmarks, and all this great service comes for free! Good luck and inform this forum of the outcome. Thanks in ad...