Silver bag bracket, maker?

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This silver bag bracket is marked with a makersmark which looks like a H. Nothing more.
Any idea who could be the maker? Thanks!

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The silver bag bracket, the master's mark an elaborate​ or italic script letter H, was used by the Groningen silversmith ​H​enricus Nicolaas Hubert, active from 1774 to 18​1​6.​ He also used the master's mark HH in a rectangle​ prior to 1812​.
He used the letter H also in a lozenge in 1812-1816, later H under star & dot in square, 1816-1817.

Only once marked with his maker's mark, indicating second-grade silver. Without a city hallmark and a date letter, meaning it was sold outside of the city of Groningen. It was likely sold at a market in the outskirts (Ommelanden) of the city, in the province of Groningen.

H​enricus Nicolaas Hubert​ belonged to the city's Catholic community. In 1757, he apprenticed with his childless uncle Bernardus Papinck, whom he also succeeded. In 1774, he became a master silversmith, with his aunt paying the expenses. A year later, she died, and Hubert inherited the house and the silverware. In 1797, he was a courtier of the guild. That same year, 1797, he became orphan master of the Groningen orphanage. The orphanage supervised the orphans and was responsible for ensuring that the guardians properly defended their interests. Before 1795, this position was available exclusively to Protestants, but with the transition to the French period, other denominations could also provide orphan masters. Hubert had a business on the Vismarkt, the second house east of the Vuilegang. He was the third Catholic silversmith in this house, which bore the sign "De Gouden Ploeg" (The Golden Plough). Hubert and his wife, Aldegondis Maria Boelens, had seven children. Several daughters married silversmiths, but after his wife's death, he sold the house to his cousin, silversmith Nicolaas Wilhelmus Crone. The building was occupied by family silversmiths until 1935. That year, the latter resigned from the craft and donated his tools to the Groninger Museum. Henricus Hubert was a prolific silversmith, and several pieces by his hand are known, including milk jugs with lids, a mustard pot, a tray, candlesticks, and a silver fountain with a basin for a folding buffet. ( Courtesy A.Aardewerk https://www.aardewerk.com/nl/zilver-arc ... 0weeskamer.)

Peter.

Source; WaarborgHolland Gouda 2009. Jean-pierre van Rijen, Groninger Keur Zilver uit Stad en Ommelanden

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Thanks Peter!