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Hello, please help!
I have some silverplated tea cup holders, with a mark "OAG" inscribed in the superior part of a H, of the inferior part it is a "C".
What can this mean, please?

https://imgur.com/EPoikwT

Vlad

Hi Vlad,

Welcome to the Forum.

Please embed your images.

Trev.

Here is the photo:

Hello te everybody!

This is a silverplated cupholder. The mark is OAG and C in a H.
What could this mean? Please help!



Best,
Vlad

Hello, this is OAG for Orivit AG (shareholding company) from Cologne, Germany. Suspect the C is for Cologne, The number is an internal pattern number. As to the H - another suspicion: this piece was made by using the Huber process, a production method aquired and applied by Orivit for a few years. Silverplated Orivit items like these were available since ca. 1904. Regards, Bahner

Yes, Bahner! This is clearly the solution.Thank you very much!

Best wishes,
Vlad

Hartmetall?


Orivit - Köln - 1904

Trev.

Another example of the mark:



Trev.

Wow! From which metal has this been prepaired?

The advertisement is very small, but it states 'Alpacca'.

See: https://www.925-1000.com/silverglossary.html

Trev.

Hi Trev, thanks, that must be it - Hartmetall. One never stops learning ! All the best, Bahner

Thank you very much to both of you!

Best wishes,
Vlad