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by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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. ::::::: ::...
by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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. ::::::::::
by Aguest
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? :::::
by Aguest
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 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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? ::::::
by Aguest
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 ::::::
by Aguest
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? ::::::::::::
by Aguest
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? :::::::
by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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. ::::::
by Aguest
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/...
by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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...
by Aguest
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 :::::::::::::::::::::::
by Aguest
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...

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