silver tatevin markings... what do they mean?

[rynegold]

Another item today I paid little for; but like:



mark just so:



Says "metal argente" in one box (silver metal) and has a "4" and an unidentified roundish "something up in the right hand corner of said square.... What I'm looking at on the outside at least is silver... but what's underneath?

regards, m

[Bahner]

Hello, looks like a modern French plate mark. What you see in the square is likely a "4 Gr" for the weight of silver used for plating. Best wishes, Bahner