Silver minatures, Haarlem?

[Vantlicht]

Silver minatureset. I doubt if it are pseudomarks or real one. It looks like the citymark of Haarlem. The other one looks like Amsterdam with a makersmark of RT? IT? Thanks in advance for helping me out...

[oel]

The marks on the brush sweeper, indeed town mark Amsterdam without year letter, probably made between 1721-1734. The maker's mark, I believe to be IS for Jacobus Sas I, miniature maker, registered in Amsterdam 1721 until 1765.

The tongs, town mark Haarlem, a sword flanked by two stars under a cross with attached year letter Z for 1734, 2nd standard or so called "kleine keur' in Dutch. Perhaps the later applied Dutch sword marks were a mistake, you would expect the Dutch ZII marks.




Maker's mark a Deer

The deer mark is for Pieter Snijder, registered in Haarlem, c. 1729 until 1759

​The script letter I mark and ZII mark


The script-letter I used 1906-1953; Duty mark for unguaranteed standard of fineness​ for new silver objects of national origin. This mark was used on all new Netherlands silver objects below legal standard of fineness, those with non-precious metal additions, and new heavily silver plated objects, as long as the average precious metal content after melting with the base metal was at least 250/1000. It was also struck on rejected objects which had been submitted at the lowest legal standard of fineness. In that case the maker had to choose between destruction or unguaranteed marking. This mark was sometimes mistakenly used on old and foreign objects and in 1927 also used on objects of old national origin. Valid from 1906 till 1953

Peter.

Sources; A. Aardewerk antiquair juwelier, Tall and small antique Dutch silver miniatures. L. B. Gans, Premsela & Hamburger Goud en zilver-merken van Voet.