Yes, golden brooches, (small) rings, and pendants were not always (hall)marked. Often these items are of little gold weight and of low gold karat, 14K or lower 10-9K.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/923/pbnn7Q.jpg The maker's mark D dot H (D.H) for: Dirk Hoep , registered in Hoorn 1768-1811. It seems the town mark of the city of Hoorn is missing; the town mark is based on the coat of arms a music horn on a bow. Year letter V is for 1781. Dirk Hoep ...
Hi, the embedded images: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/3wR0cf.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/uTPXuw.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/924/zxOjS9.jpg I got a candidate will check my reference books. Peter
Hi Brian, welcome to the forum. Please embedded your images. It is not a wax box seal but silver needle case, in Dutch zilveren naaldenkoker Are there no more than 2 marks? Peter
Hi Jaume, nice of smell. The maker's mark PC 144 for Paulus Riddersma Cabboes , active in Leeuwarden (Dutch province of Friesland), 1835-1859. The year letter L is for 1845. The mark in the cover is a 2nd maker's mark of Cabboes, PC114 in rectangle with cut corner. Paulus Riddersma Cabboes. Born in ...
Henri Soufflot was the successor of Henri Chenailler in 1884. The bigorne was used 1818 until 1984 according my source. From 1818 to 1984, the French instituted a system whereby they engraved their anvils with insects. In the case of the small anvil used to mark jewelry, they were incised in a zigza...
Perhaps a bun warmer sometimes referred to a biscuit box, had no warming device inside. Instead, it was placed near the hearth and turned frequently so the biscuits could be kept warm by the fire. The box containing the tea cakes or hot buns was then brought to the tea table where it was a handsome ...
Hi Amena, The candle stick appears to be without a maker's mark, fineness mark only. Unless it is not shown in the images provided by Ubaranda. 1869-1942; the gold and silver smiths did not have to register any longer and they did not have to present their work for assaying. Marks were no longer obl...
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/320x240q90/924/QG90Ch.jpg Hi, a whopper of a candle stick Deer Wildlife Animals in Nature Scene https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/MWnkU6.jpg Clearly made in Belgium 1869-1942. The gold and silversmiths did not have to register any longer and they d...
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/924/6jZjXe.jpg The town mark FrankfurtMain Crowned Eagle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/phhVwo.jpg The maker's mark on your candle sticks https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/923/lRJOTF...