I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

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leok090
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I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby leok090 » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:35 am

I look for I help!!! on origin and mark
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Theoderich
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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby Theoderich » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:24 pm

looks like Italy

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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby amena » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:30 am

Italy, mmhh???
Can you provide a brighter picture.

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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby leok090 » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:58 am

new photo
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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby amena » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:13 am

Yes, it looks like the hallmark in use in Sicily betveen 1826 and 1861, but the arrow I don't know
see : snuffbox with unknown (hall)marks
Regards
Amena

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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby leok090 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:12 am

thanks for your precise and competent answer!!!
;-)

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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby blakstone » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:54 am

The arrow is an assayer's mark; he is unidentified, but known to have been working in Messina from 1838 to 1873. The maker's mark is not listed any of my references.

Hope this helps!

Ref: Ugo Donati, Marchi Dell’Argenteria Italiana, 2nd ed. (Novara: De Agostini, 1999), p. 108, mark 708.

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Re: I look for I help!!! on origin and mark

Postby amena » Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:23 am

Errata corrige
I wrote: from 1826 to 1861.
The right dates are :from 1826 to 1872
Sorry
Amena


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