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I need help with a German silver mark on salt cellar. It looks like a rooster. Can this be an Ilmenau mark?

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Jack

In a recent exhibition in Gdansk, "Srebra z Gdanskiego Kredensu", a similar object was presented without the spoons, which were lost. It was described as a sugar basket. I guess each region had a different purpose for the same object. French will always call this a confiture dish. Picture ...

Typical silver sugar dish from this region and time is a box of a rectangular body and it will have lock. Explanation for the lock (or at least what I was told): sugar was not a cheap commodity at a time, and whoever could afford it, most likely also had a maid. Locking the box would prevent the mai...

Qrt.S. thanks for your input. Again, in my understanding, what you refer to as a "year mark" is an assayer's mark. Danzig town mark was a requirement on all silver items (at least 13 loth). Assayer mark was another mark that Danzig ordinance started to require in 1730. I need to dig out th...

From what I understand (i.e., remember reading), Danzig started requiring assayers' marks to be put on silver items around 1730. I believe this object to be very late XVIII c. to early XIX. Assuming that the "R" in a square is an assayer's mark, the closest match is in Rosenberg (1829-33, ...

The closest marks that I was able to find for Danzig are these assayer marks from Grodecki book. "R" is not the same, but this is all I can find. Anyone has better German hallmarks references?

Thanks, yes, the item is in my possession. My sources list this as confiture dish.

I need help in attributing this Danzig mark.

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Jack

Thanks a lot! So we can relatively accurately pinpoint the date of manufacture between 1840 and 1842. That is helpful. I assume Hamburg silver with Rudolphs marks must be quite rare, correct?

It is indeed odd that the hallmark is struck right next to the assayer's zigzag.

Jack

I need help in identifying these Hamburg marks. Maker's look like Rudolphs.

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Jack

I need help in attributing following hallmark. It has double headed eagle and a date 1796.
This is the best picture i have.

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Jack

Thanks Theoderich,

Maker's mark is completely rubbed off. There is just a very slight remnant of the mark, but nothing can be made out of it.

Jack

Here is a hallmark that I cannot attribute. This is somehow similar to Augsburg or Landshut, but I do not know for sure. Any help appreciated.



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Here is a tough one. 12 mark for silver finess and symbols for makers or city marks. Most likely impossible to identify, but it doesn't hurt to try it here.

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Jacek

Apparently, these are late XIX century Dutch pseudo marks. Items made by Schijfsma Sneek. Mostly for export. Real silver content 835.

Jack

I need help with this Stuttgart mark. Maker's mark looks to be "TRN".

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Jack

Dear Silverport!

Thanks for your answer. It is really hard to photograph as the hallmarks are well hidden in between the bowl's body and stand. Not easily reachable. Anyway, I can only see AWZ or AIIZ in a triangle.

Final note, the bowl is in no means small. it is well over 1kg.