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rescued from the crucible

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:57 am
by amena
I saved this ladle from the melting.
I thought I had learned something on German silver but obviously not enough.
I think that the hallmark in the center is of Berlin.
The “A” mark on the right side I think is a datemark, but I could not find a list of the correspondences between the letters and the dates.
The mark on the left side I think is the mastermark. I looked up in the Rosenberg without result.
Can anyone help me?
Regards
Amena
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Re: rescued from the crucible

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 6:19 pm
by Theoderich
there was an article from blakstone about Berlin dateletters

viewtopic.php?t=14511&highlight=berlin

Re: rescued from the crucible

Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:22 am
by amena
Thank you Theo.
And thanks to Blakstone : his article solved the date problem.
I thought that the A in the circle was a dateletter (sorry I have written to the right side, I meant to the left side).
Regards
Amena

Re: rescued from the crucible

Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 3:02 pm
by Theoderich
amena wrote:Thank you Theo.
And thanks to Blakstone : his article solved the date problem.
I thought that the A in the circle was a dateletter (sorry I have written to the right side, I meant to the left side).
Regards
Amena


Yes it is an "Ältermann-Buchstabe" and the combination is K/A (about from 1830)

Best Wishs
Theo