silver egg cup

[populous38]

Hi, I have a silver egg cup, it acid tested as silver. does any one know which country this may be. It says metal argent, capital D G ? dogs head, and 2 c
Cheers Gary (sorry pics may be upside down)

[dognose]

Hi Gary,

You appear to have your mark photo in mirror image.



These appear to be typical French silverplate marks.

To understand the '5g' mark, see: http://www.925-1000.com/a_platenumbers.html

Trev.

[populous38]

thanks Trev, perhaps I didn't scratch it deep enough when i acid tested it. appreciated as always, gary