Help with mark on danish silver

[kalo93406]

Hi.. I have this small box maybe 3.5 x 5 inches. Is the mark I'm seeing an Assay mark? or makers mark? Any ideas who it is? Date code looks like 59? or?? thanks very much

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/ka ... h-mark.jpg

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[Hose_dk]

Welcome to the forum.
Year look like 1952 to me. The 3 towers are danisk control mark - but the item is not nesseserily danish.
The other mark is makers mark - sorry but I dont know who.

I see no guardein mark - 1952 should be a JS. See here http://www.925-1000.com/dm_Assay.html

but guardein mark was not a must. So maker was free to skip that one.

[kalo93406]

Thank you for replying.. I should check the piece again for other marks. Can't remember if the photo is from the top or bottom. Maybe there are more marks on the other part. I see your point about the assay mark. The page you referred indicates it should be there together with the year mark. R:)

[Hose_dk]

But only indicate. From 1608 guardein was a must. And the 3 towers for Copenhagen.
But around 150 years ago the number of silver marks was reduced. Then the 3 towers could be used all over Denmark and the (city) guardein became state (or country) guardein. Then guardein mark became not nessaserry. The 3 towers became not nessaserry.
And finely the 3 towers was taken out of use after almost 400 years of practice of making a new mark every year.
Today the 3 towers does not excist.

And actually this year 2008 it is 400 years since it was used for the first time - and I dont think that anybody cares.