Help ID mark; possibly Spain?

[jedwards601]

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Nice teapot - small size; unable to ID maker; country of origin.

Thinking Spain perhaps. Under "titulo" is a bird mark (eagle perhaps) with 916. Next to this is a smaller mark which under close inspection resembles a sacred heart. Completely unsure about the mark in front of "titulo" as I first thought it looked like a palm tree, but after taking pictures and looking again, just not sure.

THANKS! j

[admin]

Portugal World Hallmarks
Nice mark photo, yours is post-1938 for Lisbon, will use it on the next update of the page.

Regards, Tom

[jedwards601]

Tom - thanks - I looked and looked over the world marks page and just skipped right over Portugal for some reason.

[blakstone]

I can add a little information. The eagle mark - in this conforming outline - was used 1 Jan 1938 —31 Dec 1984 in Lisbon on items of the Portuguese first silver standard (hence "1o Titulo" or "First Standard") of .916. The maker's mark - A, below a spade - is that of Alcino Cardoso of Lisbon, working 1945-1973.

Hope this helps!