Hallmark 800 89PA ??

[trock1313]

Hello All
I have a beautiful bowl(?) with the hall mark 800 and beneath it in an oval it is stamped 89PA...any clues to its origin/age would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

[dragonflywink]

Is the "89PA" in an oval or an elongated hexagon? Sounds like it might be Italian (1944-68) from Palermo province- check this page: http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html.

Cheryl ;o)

[2209patrick]

The link doesn't work for me. Let's try that again:

http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html

http://www.ascasonline.org/articolo46ING.html

Pat.

[trock1313]

thank you both
Yes the 800 is in an oval, the 89pa is in an elongated hex.
Is this silver or silverplated?
thanks so much

[2209patrick]

Your piece is not silverplate. The 800 refers to the fineness of the silver, just as .925 refers to the fineness that we call sterling.

Pat.