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- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Skandinavian (?) beaker I.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 487
Re: Skandinavian (?) beaker I.
::::: If you found this object unmarked, without any hallmarks whatsoever, the details such as the cartouche, the font of the initials, and the foliate engraving design, and the tradition of wedding beakers with 2 sets of initials, all of this would lead you to believe this object is Scandinavian (l...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:36 am
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Skandinavian (?) beaker I.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 487
Re: Skandinavian (?) beaker I.
:::: "I still do think this (object) is Scandinavian" is what I was saying. The cartouche and the initials really remind me of some pieces from Denmark from the mid-18th century. Those details are really shouting "I'm Scandinavian" to me. The hallmarks are too far out of my leagu...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Skandinavian (?) beaker I.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 487
Re: Skandinavian (?) beaker I.
::::: I still do think this is Scandanavian, and this might be just a coincidence in which Scandinavian hallmarks are similar to the Kingdom Of Naples hallmarks circa 1690-1700, but the shape of those crowns really reminds me of silver hallmarks from the Kingdom Of Naples circa 1690-1700. ::::::: ::...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Scottish Hallmarks
- Topic: Edinbrough hallmarks but American maker’s mark B.Pitman
- Replies: 7
- Views: 567
Re: Edinbrough hallmarks but American maker’s mark B.Pitman
::::::: The Edinburgh hallmarks......is it possible they were not stamped using a traditional punch tool.....is it possible these hallmarks were "cast" as part of the design of the handle? The hallmarks look "cast" to me.....very strange......am I right that these hallmarks appea...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:09 pm
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Need help with Silver Maker MAS or YAS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 88
Re: Need help with Silver Maker MAS or YAS
::::: I was thinking Peru & another older pin marked MAS (different style font but still MAS) has a llama and a traditional Peruvian dress, so the signs are pointing towards Peru at least until additional information is revealed. ::::::::::
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Skandinavian (?) beaker II.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 115
Re: Skandinavian (?) beaker II.
::::: Denmark Silver Beaker? :::::
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
- Topic: Mystery FJ maker's mark on arts and crafts style letter opener
- Replies: 2
- Views: 145
Re: Mystery FJ maker's mark on arts and crafts style letter opener
:::::: The way the [STERLING] hallmark is stamped makes me think about Australia or New Zealand. :::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hallmark looks familiar, though, will try to remember :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hallmark looks familiar, though, will try to remember :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:37 pm
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: A monstrance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 255
Re: A monstrance
::::: An unmarked 800 silver monstrance is imported to Brazil? The retail shop in Brazil can't mark it "10" because 10 Dinihieros is equal to 833 and this object is 800 so the retail shop does the best it can and marks it "9-1/2" because that is very close to the 800 fineness mar...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: A monstrance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 255
Re: A monstrance
::::: Brazil has sort of similar hallmarks, and often uses the number "10" so is it possible that the "9-1/2" denotes a slightly lesser silver fineness and the marks are somehow from Brazil? ::::::
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:29 am
- Forum: Native American Silver
- Topic: Native American jewelry (wild guess)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3454
Re: Native American jewelry (wild guess)
:::: This is a relatively modern piece, late 20th century, circa 1980s ::::: A nice find for sure ::::::
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: 18th century French? silver knife
- Replies: 7
- Views: 423
Re: 18th century French? silver knife
:::: Is the top name the silversmith's mark and the bottom name the Assay Mater's Mark? ::::::::::::
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Important Russian Silver? Grand Duke Crown & Imperial Eagle
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1346
Re: Important Russian Silver? Grand Duke Crown & Imperial Eagle
:::: Does this salt cellar really have a handle? It looks more like a partition to divide the 2 halves of the salt compartment. I don't see a traditional "handle" on this piece? Am I completely wrong? :::::::
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:33 am
- Forum: Dutch Silver
- Topic: Sterling Sugar Shaker?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 725
Re: Sterling Sugar Shaker?
:::: update: I've found a Dutch Sugar Shaker from 1880 with a very similar top & a claim is made that this style of top is emulating Dutch Sugar Shakers from the years 1740 to 1760. ::::::: Is it possible this is one of the original Dutch Sugar Shakers from the years 1740 to 1760 therefore the t...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:25 am
- Forum: Dutch Silver
- Topic: Sterling Sugar Shaker?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 725
Re: Sterling Sugar Shaker?
::::: I'm doing a thought-experiment, imagining that I was the silversmith who was modifying a vase and fitting it with a sugar-caster top in order to make the entire object into a sugar caster.......::::::: ::::: As the silversmith, why would I pierce the base with all those ovals around the base o...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:54 am
- Forum: Irish Hallmarks
- Topic: Irish Ale Tankard - need help with Hallmarks
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1628
Re: Irish Ale Tankard - need help with Hallmarks
::::: Thank you. I was just reviewing Joseph Walker, this is proving to be quite challenging. ::::::
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:23 am
- Forum: Irish Hallmarks
- Topic: Irish Ale Tankard - need help with Hallmarks
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1628
Re: Irish Ale Tankard - need help with Hallmarks
::::: The only Dublin Ireland hallmark that could even possibly fit is Edward Workman, and also the way he inscribed numbers in a sort of slanted style, maybe there's not enough evidence, but at least the leading candidate right now is Edward Workman, in my mind at least. :::::: https://i.imgur.com/...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: Irish Hallmarks
- Topic: Irish Ale Tankard - need help with Hallmarks
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1628
Re: Irish Ale Tankard - need help with Hallmarks
:::: Could this maybe be 1715 and the date-letter is just slightly mis-struck so some details at the top of the "Y" did not strike through (you can barely see those details if you look very very closely at the date letter)? :::::::::::: ::::: If this is 1715, is it possible that the mark i...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:20 pm
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Enameled box mark,Russia or Armenian?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7519
Re: Enameled box mark,Russia or Armenian?
::::: 1). Comparing the serial number to the 916 number, the four digits in the serial number seems to be "emulating" a factory number and those numbers have been hand-engraved to simulate a factory-stamped factory number using a factory-style punch. ::::::: ::::: 2). The letters in the ma...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:30 am
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Russian silver chalice - goblet help
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1739
Re: Russian silver chalice - goblet help
:::::::::::::::::: 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 :::::::::::::::::::::::
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
- Topic: Non-Meriden phoenix?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 277
Re: Non-Meriden phoenix?
::::: 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...