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Thanks, Tom... I'm not too surprised at the age of the piece (assuming it's really from Forcada), as "Uncle Fred" was quite the collector.

Best,
Jean

Thanks so much for your replies! I can see that what I thought was "IV" could be a lopped off "M," but the crown is different from the your example. (It's more like the Imperial Margarine crown!) Here are some images of the assembly: http://www.sonic.net/~jeanlass/Images/ch4.jpg ...

Hello again, again! After peering at the hallmarks with a magnifying glass (I don't have a loupe!), I can make out the hallmark on the far right is a crown with a VI beneath it. The squiggly mark to the left of that doesn't seem to be the Mexican eagle mark , so I'm not sure this post landed in the ...

Hello again,

I thought I would include an image of the piece in "detached mode":

It's an interesting design!

Thanks again,
Jean

Hi, This is my first post after finding this excellent forum and web site. I have what I think might be a cigarette holder (at least, that's what it was used for when I was growing up!): http://www.sonic.net/~jeanlass/Images/hallmark1.JPG http://www.sonic.net/~jeanlass/Images/hallmark2.JPG http://ww...