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I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:35 am
by leok090
I look for I help!!! on origin and mark
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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:24 pm
by Theoderich
looks like Italy

Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:30 am
by amena
Italy, mmhh???
Can you provide a brighter picture.

Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:58 am
by leok090
new photo
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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:13 am
by amena
Yes, it looks like the hallmark in use in Sicily betveen 1826 and 1861, but the arrow I don't know
see : snuffbox with unknown (hall)marks
Regards
Amena

Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:12 am
by leok090
thanks for your precise and competent answer!!!
;-)

Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:54 am
by blakstone
The arrow is an assayer's mark; he is unidentified, but known to have been working in Messina from 1838 to 1873. The maker's mark is not listed any of my references.

Hope this helps!

Ref: Ugo Donati, Marchi Dell’Argenteria Italiana, 2nd ed. (Novara: De Agostini, 1999), p. 108, mark 708.

Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:23 am
by amena
Errata corrige
I wrote: from 1826 to 1861.
The right dates are :from 1826 to 1872
Sorry
Amena