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Ah, thank you Trev. Much appreciated.

Jules.

Hi Forum. A customer has brought in this small silver beaker for more information. All the marks bar one are rubbed to illegibility. The only clue I have to origin is family history: It was his mother's christening cup when she was in Guernsey circa 1912 and so I was wondering if the maker's mark mi...

Excellent. Thanks Trev. Confidence restored :-)

Could someone please help me with the mark on this sauce ladle, which I assumed was plated faux marks, but which I am now told could be obscure Scottish provincial (!). Any ideas? http://i48.tinypic.com/2dj9tma.jpg http://i49.tinypic.com/2lvcznn.jpg (admin photo edit - images too large - link only -...

Yes Spammenot, thanks very much for the info. I recognised the 'Da' symbol from Chinese porcelain, but that just made me think that it might be badly-done pseudo marks.

Thanks again for cracking the Dabin zhi code.

Jules.

Can anyone identify the mark on this teapot please?

An apparently identical set (plus tongs) was sold by Christies London on 29 November 2005 (Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Virtu, Icons and Selected Silver Sale) Lot 451, with the mark of Wang Hing of Hong Kong, circa 1910. Since the mark of Wang Hing is WH, not SM, there must have been some collabo...

Can anyone help me identify what appears to be a Chinese export mark? It's a rather attractive Prunus pattern teaset dating from circa 1890. Many Thanks, Jules. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg (admin photo edit - images too large - insert as link only - ...

Hi Granmaa. I'm new to the forum and the first thing I did was search on 'Harache', hence my reply to your spoon question. There has been alot of activity among academics of the silver world regarding the Harache family, much of which has been published by the Huguenot Society (PROCEEDINGS- HUGUENOT...