European Fork and Knive with Coronet

[Joerg]

Dear Forum members

can you help me with this fork and knive? From the style of the handle I would date it between 1720 and 1800, the style of the steel parts allow a much later date, up to 1900. No marks on the silver handles. The knive blade has a mark "VOLLMAR". I would place it to a European origin, Germany, probably southern Germany.
Maybe the coat of arms may help with the identification. It contains a coronet, a "Adelskrone", so lower European nobility. Any help for the date, the origin or coat of arms is welcome

Thank you

Jörg











http://i49.tinypic.com/4s1gfp.jpg

[Joerg]

Here a link to the last picture with higher resolution

http://i45.tinypic.com/2whqgjc.jpg

[dognose]

Moved to the German forum.

Any thoughts on this one?

Trev.

[Bahner]

Hello, cannot add much here, except that the engraving (two stars with a crescent moon) remind me of the city mark of Halle, Saxony. Possibly a hint at a former owner ? Best wishes, Bahner

[Joerg]

A German forum, specialized in heraldics, was able to identify the family crest. It is from a family WEISS in Zug, Switzerland. See here:
http://www.chgh.net/heraldik/w/we/weissm.htm

This helps to localze the origin, Swiss. No further progress in pinning down the manufacturing date. I assume around 1750, just an educated guess.

Thanks a lot to the experts in the German heraldic forum.

Regards

Jörg

See here my enquiry in the forum, it is in German:
http://heraldik-wappen.de/viewtopic.php?p=60272#60272