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935 silver vesta - match box - maker? Origin?

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sebastian4743
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935 silver vesta - match box - maker? Origin?

Postby sebastian4743 » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:22 am

I have an interesting vesta made of 935 silver and I cannot figure out the marks which ar on the rim of it. Any ideas?

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Re: 935 silver vesta - match box - maker? Origin?

Postby AG2012 » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:36 am

Hi,
The maker is Louis Kuppenheim,Pforzheim,Germany
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Re: 935 silver vesta - match box - maker? Origin?

Postby AG2012 » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:40 am

See here for the mark on your vesta case and dating the maker:

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=43557&p=124487&hilit=louis+Kuppenheim+Pforzheim#p124487
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Re: 935 silver vesta - match box - maker? Origin?

Postby sebastian4743 » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:47 am

Thank you for your help. The dating is rather difficult as the LK is in a oval but the silver purity is not in a cartouche. My guess would be that it was made after 1920.
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