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Hello Dendriet

Sorry for the very very late reply : I just saw your a sewer to my post, as I have not come to this forum in years.

Your info is very valuable. Thank you for sharing

All best wishes
François

Hello I just bought a lovely, big and heavy 1825 London butter knife. There is a M under the Leopard's head. Can you please tell me what it stands for ? The silversmith is WS ; I think it is William Sumner I Can you please confirm? Thank you very much Fripou http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/fri...

Hello Trev Thanks a lot for the scans of these pages ! The asterisk on these two pages does not refer to the département numbers; it stipulates in the footnote that you have to replace the * on the first page (for instance, next to the hare's head for small objets in silver) with the correspondent ...

Thanks a lot !

This is helpful !

Can you please explain why there are some numbers with * and some with ** ?

Thanks

Thanks for the list of French departments !

Do you know if it is the same for Revolutionary, Empire, and restauration silverware, between 1798 and 1838?

Hello

Yes I saw that page, but it is not exactly the same...
I don't know how consistnat the fake marks are, or if they warried a lot within the same maker's firm

Thank you !

Aude is now 11 !

here is a picture withthe complete markings

Hello I bought this little manger http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/fripou/argenterie/Img_5972-800.jpg It hasthe German half-moon and 800 marks, and some Hanau pseudo-marks Do you know them? any information? Thanks a lot ! François http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/fripou/argenterie/Img_597...

Hello I bought 2 skewers, one with 1er Coq for the French "départements" (not Paris), the other with the 1er Viellard for "départements". The garatny mark on the latter is the head with the département's number, 10. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/fripou/argenterie/Img_5...

waow, jgl !

great answer !

thanks a lot !

where do you find this info?

jgl, thanks a lot for all this information !!!

great !

If you have the same info for the coffepot, it would also be great !!

françois

Can you please tell me what is above the letters, as it is unclear on my hallmark?

thanks

Thank you blakstone !

I shall look for further information on the net and in books

Hello I finally bought the coffee pot, after a few days of going to the shop every day and looking at it with the loupe... I was looking for an Empire tripodal coffee-pot, but was waiting for the right one ; I saw a few with horse heads as spouts or swans, but never have I seen an Indian head with p...

Thank you for your message ! I haven't bought anything for a long time ! So I didn't post any messages. But I had been looking for a nice saucepan for a long time, and this one is big and heavy ! So I had to buy it ! The problem is, I am also leering(if that is the correct word...?) at a French Empi...

Hello I just bought a very nice and heavy saucepan made by Théodor Tonnelier Sorry for the awfull photo, it was taken with the webcam.. I don't have my super camera with me ! Can someone tell me more about the maker Théodor Tonnelier ? I just know that he worked in Paris from 1798 on. Was he famou...

Hello I bought this nice vinaigrette a few months ago ; it is in silver, entirely gilded ; the gold is rubbing off the outside, but is still very vibrant inside. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/fripou/argenterie/Img_9797.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/fripou/argenterie/IMG_9799.jpg ...

Hello Here is a little Silver bowl from Sweden. Hammered silver, beaded rim. Signed LSAB, catfoot +"S" for .830 Swedish silver, crowned C for the town of Karlstad, V7 for 1923. And the very Swedish way of writing the date ! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/fripou/argenterie/Img_9675-6...

HEllo I have bought a couple of Swedish things, as I like Swedish silver very much. Here are two "vases" 1° Hammered silver, 21 cm high, 16 cm diameter. Engraved as a price for a Swedish automobile club. Signed GAB, catfoot, "S" for Sweden, St Erik for Stokholm D8 for 1930 http:...