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Hi Cannot add much to the marking. Just a side note, the email? picture represents either Cupid and Venus or Amor and Psyche. A very common sujet in Europe, somehow a "legal" way of showing a nude. And to make sure nobody makes a wrong interpretation of the meaning of the picture we notice...

Dear Blackstone, JayT
Thank you! Nice addition to my collection and now also identified.
Kind regards, Jörg

Hi Today, I found these two spoons in a thrift shop. They are vermeil, on one spoon is the gold rather worn. They are marke for France, 1. grade, 1800 to 1810. I cannot find the marker. Can you help? Thank you, Jörg https://abload.de/img/img_5638kmjfv.jpg https://abload.de/img/img_5626lwko6.jpg http...

Thank you, so currently there seem to be no easy accesible infomation on modern Russian marking in Latin letter writing....
Thank you for the inforation on my little fork.
Kind regards, Jörg

Hi, I found this irrelevant little fork on a flea market. It was just black and dirt, given for free and I took it to see what it is. It turned out to be silver as assumed. From the marking it must be Russian, modern, after the Sowjet area. I would assume the mark indicated 925 Sterling, woman head ...

Hi, the "keep it as is" rule which is followed on old coins and other antique items does not apply to silver. Silver shall shine. And old silver can carfully be hand polished.
So clean it, make it shine and wear it.
Regards, Jörg

Let me add my standard brabble for items with this Jezler mark: This mark with the Jezler arms and the 0.800 fused together with curved outlines of the arms is not used anymore. (Jezler is still in business...) It was used around 1900, maybe up to First World War (1914), but maybe up to the 1920ies....

Hi Silverfan I am no expert in Bruckmann pattern. There are good websites specialized in Bruckmann pattern. I just saw this one: http://silber800.de/muster.html?lang=de But I assume you searched already the internet. Looking at your pictures I get the impression this is a standard undecorated Bruckm...

Hi Trev
I googled pictures following your suggestion and you are right. This is 100% in line with victorian orchestra conductor's batons. This is it.
Thank you very much, mystery solved.
Kind regards, Jörg

Hi I inherited this strange item, looking like a magic wand. It came in the fitting box, the wand is wood, painted black and the fittings are metal - German Silver. No markings. There is an inscription reading: "I. Jäner 1894" and initials. This is Austrian German for 1st January 1894. The...

Hi Goldstein this is a nice variation of the "Birthday Problem". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem The birthday problem deals with the number of people required so two people share the same birthday. We tend to overestimate this number because there are 365 days in a year. In ...

Sorry for my ignorance, where is the 935 mark? And for me, the marking on the handle look arabic. Am I going in a wrong direction?
Regards, Jörg

Hi Gerox
can we have the marks from a few other angles, and clearer?
Thank you, Jörg

Hi
The first spoon depicts the famous renessance sculpture "David" by Donatello.
This as a start.
Any marks on the spoons?
Regards, Jörg

Hi Silverfan I do not know if you are aware, the pattern and its use is prominently featured in Reinhard Sängers book "Das Deutsche Silber Besteck" Unfortunately I have only a bad photocopy, the book is out of print. It says there were a very high number of pieces and within the pieces a l...

Hi I bought this pocket watch chain 25 years ago in a flea market in the USA. It is marked with 14K, but I understand one has to be careful with such marks on older US items. So I am not sure if it is 14K gold or not. It is 9 gram, so rather light. See also the pictures for the maker. What else can ...

Hi Amena French forks, Louis-Philippe period. The letters are crudely punched. An apprentice in a silversmith shop whould have been sacked for this. I conclude the stamping was done fast with little need for representation. Could CLI be a Roman number, 151? Would explain the lower quality of the sta...

Hi I did not find a match for LK under a crown. I checked the markings of Swiss goblets, focussing on the period from 1650 to 1700. You specify late 17th century, so I concentrated there. It appears goblets were produced in all larger cities and also in some villages. I notice most goblets from this...

So, a little more cleaning on the mark and taking pictures with a magnifying glass...
This is as good as it gets. The mark is really small. Still no clue. Any guess?
Thank you, Jörg

Dear Forum members I bought this cigarette case online. Now, I am lost identifying the country of origin. It is a fairly simple machine made case, and with 125 gram rather heavy.I think it is European, I tend towards eastern Europe, after WWI, maybe before WWII. Estonia? The guarantee? mark is very ...