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Silver box - China?
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:27 pm
by sebastian4743
I do have a silver box that I would like to identify. Might it come from China? Any information would be much appreciated, thank you!
Re: Silver box - China?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:31 am
by sebastian4743
Is it even China? I hope someone can help solve this puzzle...
Re: Silver box - China?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:44 am
by RedMask
Re: Silver box - China?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:38 pm
by MGArgent
Great find RedMask, this mark certainly looks like the mark in the previous topic.
When I enter "紋良" into google translate, it spits out "Wenliang" as the English translation (appears to be a name?). Is anyone able to verify that this does indeed mean "fine quality" silver as stated in the previous topic? Assuming it does translate to "fine quality" silver, there is a good chance the other mark is the name of the silversmith.
For reference the Chinese marks I have come across for fine/sterling silver are:
纯银 "pure silver"
純銀 "pure silver"
足銀 "pure silver"
Note that in this case "pure silver" often does not indicate 0.999 silver. The examples I have seen are in the range of 0.800 to 0.925.
Re: Silver box - China?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:43 pm
by MGArgent
Just wanted to add that entering the characters separately into google translate gives the following results:
紋 "Pattern"
良 "good"