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Maker and age of a cup

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:08 pm
by dinio
Hello,
This is a 21 cm high cup which looks rather old. It weighs 222 grams and has only three hallmarks on the foot : '13' for 13 löth, capital N for I think Nuremberg, and a fleur-de-lys stamp for the maker.
Can somebody identify the maker and its age?

Here is the cup:
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And here are the hallmarks:
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Thanks,
Dinio

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:44 pm
by blakstone
The marks are pseudo-marks used by the Hanau, Germany firm of Ludwig Neresheimer & Co., which was founded in 1890. I think your cup probably dates from the first quarter of the 20th century.

Ref: W. Scheffler, Goldschmiede Hessens, marks 494, 505 & 518.