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- Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:49 pm
- Forum: European Jewelry
- Topic: Russian cross
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7361
Re: Russian cross
Hi Igor, first of all if you read the rules of the forum you will find that you shouldn't post the very same post in two different sections, just not to confuse people. About the hallmarks sorry of not being very useful, I assume that the K3 is the makers initials, but I didn't found any name for it...
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:40 am
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Gyrfalcon over crown
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10304
Re: Gyrfalcon over crown
Thanks so much David, very very helpful. Sorry for the misleading tittle, but it is definitively a martlet, and a mural crown. Toy/Toye or Sewel families have the same family crest. (admin edit - see Posting Requirements ) Then the mural coronet in both of this crests have 5 towers (meaning town?), ...
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:59 am
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Asymmetrical serving spoon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5256
Re: Asymmetrical serving spoon
Ice cream! of course! nowI see it, thanks, I hope you find you will find that left handed Ice cream spoon one day!
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:59 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Collection starting tips
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5547
Re: Collection starting tips
Since the forum (of 33.000 people!) nobody answers about any tip for beginners I am going to collect the tips that I was told, in order to collect them in a post that is easy to find. Goldstein dixit: It is not only important to know the marks - you must know the history and the background - and of ...
- Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:40 pm
- Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
- Topic: Dessert spoon marked SN once, Irish?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6360
Re: Dessert spoon marked SN once, Irish?
Similar to BUCHANAN and WHANNELL family crest:
http://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONA ... HANAN.html
but not entirely sure, it might be a good lead.
http://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONA ... HANAN.html
but not entirely sure, it might be a good lead.
- Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:21 pm
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Silver mini jug?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4500
Re: Silver mini jug?
Is hallmarked 900. If I had to make a guess would be a oil/vinegar jug. Any other idea?
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:20 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Gyrfalcon over crown
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10304
Re: Gyrfalcon over crown
Yes true. I will post any news of the family crest if I find anything.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:22 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Gyrfalcon over crown
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10304
Re: Gyrfalcon over crown
Yes, I know that. I am asking about the family crest that is on the other side.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:59 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Gyrfalcon over crown
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10304
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:39 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Gyrfalcon over crown
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10304
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:30 pm
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Asymmetrical serving spoon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5256
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:26 pm
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Silver mini jug?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4500
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7499
Re: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
Thanks Qrt.S, I asked in the General forum about beginning tips, for me and for other beginners that could find it interesting. It is true that "jack of all, master of none". Please let us know about any tips if you have in the general forum!
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Collection starting tips
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5547
Re: Collection starting tips
Ah, actually the 200 year old spoon and the Georg Jensen brooch are the most intersting things ;) the rest is barely 925 marked and pretty common stuff.
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Collection starting tips
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5547
Collection starting tips
Hello all, I recently started collecting silver items, mostly from antique shops and thrift stores where silver items are cheap, sometimes almost "free". I find myself with a very wide range of items, different age, purpose, condition... I would to know how to follow in order to build a co...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:50 pm
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7499
Re: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
I didn't knew about the imperial archiving "logistic challenges" but that explains a lot. But sure, I saw that post, and I was not surprised, whatever has a hight value tends to be copied and faked, and that is why I run away from this kind of objects. I mostly collect "whatever"...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:41 pm
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7499
Re: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
Hi Goldstein, thank you so much for the book! that is a good lead. I agree in the point that you make about history. That was my major actually. And I am enjoying way more learning about historical facts, kings, economy, events and cultural processes through silver than in boring exams. I find it am...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:54 pm
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7499
Re: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
AG2012, I meant to ask where (in which book) it was published, but if is a book in Russian then I wont be able to read it... Qrt.S , you point that there are numerous nameless makers in Russia? was not any official register of silversmiths?? not even in Moscow?? I find it quite surprising, but I gue...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:03 am
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7499
Re: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
Thanks AG2012, could you mention the whole name of the source? I am finding contradictory and not very accurate info in the internet. Also Viktor Savinkov does have a dot in between the letters but it higher positioned?
Any clues about the maker anyway?
Any clues about the maker anyway?
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:21 am
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7499
Re: Moscow tea spoons unkown maker
The spoons are thinner than the hallmark, so I need various to show you the full hallmark.