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:::::::::::::::::: If someone is able to find the image of that 1747 tankard marked Boris Gavrilov I would much enjoy to see it if possible thanks :::::::::::::::::::::::

::::: I have a combination hallmark of the traditional Meriden hallmark and the International Sterling hallmark. ::::: ::::: So is this Meriden before it was absorbed by International Silver? ::::: :::::: Or is this after Meriden was absorbed by International Silver and the International Silver hall...

:::: The smudge of green in one of the pics and just an overall felling I get when looking at the metal makes me wonder if it is not Nickel Silver or White Brass? ::::: I have a feel ing this is a metal other than silver, maybe? ::::::

::::: At first glance I was thinking Italy too, but the more I looked at the face the more I thought it looked like an Ancient Greek coin (Rhodes) and the 2-letters that is probably the Maker's Mark look like Greek lettering to me, so it is possible that we are looking for a silversmith from Greece....

:::::: The resource (Silver Collection Dot Eye Tea) has your hallmark archived and says the image is a cup. :::::

::: A butter knife was submitted for review here but nobody seemed to know much about it. ::::: :::::::::::::::: "c1880 Sterling Cake Slice - Anyone know maker and pattern?" ::::::::::::::::::::::::; ::: Also marked STERLING and perhaps we will never know who was re-casting these patterns....

:::: Seems like "LBO 90" to my eyes so in cases like this the "90" refers to the grams of silver used in the silver-plating process, so this is silver-plated and not sterling silver, I'm not sue who LBO is but my best guess is that is a Germany maker, it's a nice design, the piec...

::::: Finally found an example by Web Silversmiths and they say it's a child's toy and baby rattle, but it is strange that this example does not rattle. :::::

:::: It would have been easy to figure out if it had rattled. Thanks for your suggestion, it led me towards the answer. :::::

Mystery item with twisted handle and rolling wheel (hollow) :::: Hard to read the word next to STERLING ::::

:::::: Peru made a lot of silver for the tourist trade in the 1950s and 1960s and 1970s and often an image of the great god Viracocha is depicted and I think the image on the right is a very worn image of the great god Viracocha ::::::: I have never seen the image to the left, I really am not sure w...

::::::::: Reminds me of STATE HOUSE silver patterns, strange that there is no company name. ::::::::::

:::::: Check for worn hallmarks, put the spoons under various intensities and sources of light, tilt the handles back and forth, and you might be able to make out the hallmarks ::::::: ::::: Sometimes putting the spoon under very low light and tilting the handle back and forth will reveal the hallma...

::::: What are the two small bulbs with the perforated lids for? :::::: They look like tiny salt and pepper shakers? :::::;

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Is this an egg cup? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

::::: Late 20th century Turkish silver can have a maker's mark of 2 letters and a fineness number (like 900) :::::: :::::: The "running right" 3-legged-symbol is originally found in Aspendos, it is found on the silver coins of Ancient Greece, so that is what leads me to think about Greece ...

::::: If Aspendos is in modern-day Turkey, then possibly this could be a Turkish maker. ::::::

::::: The most ancient coins have the same foot orientation as the silver hallmark in question: https://i.imgur.com/UUpP07C.jpg ::::: My best guess is that the silver hallmark is referencing Ancient Greek coinage circa 465-430 B.C. :::::: ::::::: It is the "running right" triskeles ::::::

::::: "The triskeles, and ciphers similar to it, were popular numismatic elements in ancient times, for example used on the coins of Sicily. Unlike the meaning of the wrestlers and slinger, the exact significance of the triskeles in this context is known: it was the Aspendos city emblem." ...

::::: This could be a Chinese Export Silver belt. :::::: There is another silver tradition in China called "Miao Silver" that might be of interest to you, there are huge headdresses and belts in this traditional silversmithing culture, but these belts are a different style and often not ha...

:::::: Was this hallmark still being used even after Dominick & Haff was absorbed by Reed & Barton in 1928? :::::::

::::: I did discover some designs by "HADAD BROTHERS" that are almost identical to my pieces marked "ST.925" so maybe I'm on the right track....:::::