Postby blakstone » Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:49 am
The "L" mark below a leaf is that of the maker Émile Lambelin (1827-1903), a goldsmith and jeweler working in Mons. The other mark - "H" with a thistle - is that of the assayer François Huclin (1793-1849), who worked at the Mons assay office 1833-1849. (In Belgium at this time, the assayer's mark was struck only on pieces assayed by cupellation before they were assembled by the silversmith; items tested by touch-needle or after their completion will not carry an assayer's mark.)
Hope this helps!
Ref: Walter van Dievoet, Répertoire Général des Orfèvres et des Marques d’Orfèvrerie en Belgique, v. II: 1798-1942 (Brussels: Académie d’Histoire de l’Orfèvrerie en Belgique, 2010), p. 45, mark S.25 & p. 216, mark E1.33