Berlin Maker - "M" c.1850

[admin]

Hi,
I've learned from a previous post of Blakstone's on Berlin assay marks that:
the warden's mark K with Bear = J. C. S. Kessner, 1819 - 1854
the secondary assayers' mark C = J. W. D. Friedrich, 1848 - 1854
The mystery is the incuse "M" workshop or maker's mark. Can anyone identify it?
Thanks, Tom

[Theoderich]

Hi Tom I have a later ladle with a M mark
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[JAKJO]

Hi Tom and Theoderich,

For what it is worth, I have found an attribution made by a famous Berlin auction house.

The object was a sugar box marked Gerike incused (Johann Ludwig Gerike, Scheffler #1681), warden's mark I (Heinrich Wilhelm Samuel Zarnack, 1817 - 1818) and M incused probably Johann Gustav Eduardt Mertens (an apprentice of Gerike from (21. April 1817-).

"Zuckerkasten auf vier Klauenfüßen. Rechteckig, mit abgefasten Kanten. Belegt mit Appliken aus Akanthusranken bzw. Palmettmedaillons. Auf dem Deckel lagernder Bacchus und Knabe. H. 10 cm. gew. ca. 470 g. Beschauzeichen mit I, Meister Gerike vertieft: Johann Ludwig Gerike, nachweisbar um 1801-1818, und M vertieft, wohl Lehrjunge Johann Gustav Mertens. (Scheffler, Berlin 1681). Berlin, um 1817."

Hope this helps,

Best regards/JAKJO

[Theoderich]

I thank You JAKJO,
You have an idea when my trowel is manufactured?