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Wow - that was a very quick response! A million thanks for your help, that's great ;)))))

Hi Forum
I wondered if anybody could help me with this maker's mark. It was found on a coquille pattern fish knife. The letters are not very clear here but they read EC.
Thanks in advance ;)) Alice

it is indeed pochon freres who used the berne wappe as their logo - pf was a very prestigious silversmiths serving the noble families of berne until the middle of the last century

Hi Forum Can anybody give me any information about this letter opener I recently acquired. The shaft is made of bone and I know that the 916 stands for the purity of the silver but I have no idea what the other letters mean (A.S. * SS) or where this piece was made - can anybody help? Are the letters...

yes, you're right, it is the stamps for dutch small silver ;). Thanks both of you for your time and have a wonderful new year ;)

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Do you think it would be worth having the two small dints removed?
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That's really helpful, thanks a lot ;)) The date letter is a t so 1878. The lozenge shaped mark is very small but just visible on the rim of the glass mount and the bottom rim of the lid in this photograph.


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Hi Forum I wonder if anybody can help me to confirm the details on this item I recently acquired and clear up a couple of queries which I have. I think the hallmark is for 1878, the maker was J. M. Van Kempen and Son. I read that there should be a letter in the head of Minerva which would indicate t...

Hi Forum Can anybody help me with this tray? I looked around in the forum and found it very helpful, but I could not find why this tray has what appears to be two date letters and no makers mark. I assume this is english with the sheffield assay office mark and the lion passant for sterling silver? ...

Hi Bahner, thank you very much for the quick reply. Your dating is very accurate :-) The jug was a wedding present in 1925 so it was probably manufactured in the early 20ies.

Does anybody know the maker of this little art nouveau jug. Its silverplated and marked with a KEY and the letter B to left and the letter E to the right. Please take a look at the picture. Thanks a lot :-) http://www2.filehost.to/files/2007-07-29_02/141013_forum.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href)...

Hi everybody Can anybody identify these marks stamped on a silver-plated knife bank. I have tried to search the internet but have not yet come across these particular marks: http://www1.filehost.to/files/2007-07-05_03/225332_P1010928.jpg http://www1.filehost.to/files/2007-07-05_03/225415_P1010929.jp...

Thank you for the quick answer and the helpfull link. Alice

Hi, I have a small tray marked Birmingham 1901. Can anybody help me to identify the maker. To me it looks like "MW" but I cant find any further information on this maker. Alice http://www1.filehost.to/files/2007-06-23_02/120425_P1010774.jpg http://www1.filehost.to/files/2007-06-23_02/12052...

Dear forum - I found this silver soap dish when cleaning out my grandma's attic recently. I'm rather keen on the little object and would like to know more about where it comes from and round about when it was made. So if anybody has a hint I would be very grateful. Alice http://www1.filehost.to/file...