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Help with French Makers mark please
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:39 pm
by sdc2007
Having a little trouble with this one????? Thanks Steve
Re: Help with French Makers mark please
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:27 pm
by dognose
Hi,
That appears to be the maker's mark of Campenhout, Rue Crussol 15, Paris.
Trev.
Re: Help with French Makers mark please
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:17 pm
by Francais
I don't know Campenhut, but that is a Dutch import mark upside down above it, and it sounds like he had Dutch origins.
Maurice
Re: Help with French Makers mark please
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:04 pm
by sdc2007
It has the Mercury French mark as well on top
Re: Help with French Makers mark please
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:38 am
by oel
Dutch script-letter V; duty mark for imported gold and silver objects, the V for the Dutch word ‘vreemd’ which translate to foreign. The mark gives no guarantee of standard of fineness. It was intended for imported objects only. It was however sometimes by mistake used on old objects of national origin. Used 1906-1953.
For more information see:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32028Oel.