Is it possible to find out the maker with only this information?
Silver miniature, unclear marked
Silver miniature, unclear marked
Silver miniature with an unclear mark en no other citymark or yearletter.
Is it possible to find out the maker with only this information?
Is it possible to find out the maker with only this information?
Re: Silver miniature, unclear marked
A silver miniature kettle with a smooth conical shape.
Maker's mark only or twice indicates middle-last quarter 17th century. Up for discussion perhaps a dolphin in contour, if so for Lodewijck Eylof, registered in Amsterdam, active 1653 after 1698, known miniature maker. Above maker's mark a small hatchet; The hatchet, the 1853 duty mark for old silver objects of national origin returned to the trade. In accordance with several resolutions with further clarifications, this mark was intended for objects with the hallmarks of the ancient Netherlands silversmiths companies.The use of this mark was abolished in 1927 for two reasons: 1st . The lack of knowledge of the old marks has caused this mark to be sometimes struck on old foreign objects. 2nd. this mark had often been counterfeited and used to give objects an antique aura
Peter.
Maker's mark only or twice indicates middle-last quarter 17th century. Up for discussion perhaps a dolphin in contour, if so for Lodewijck Eylof, registered in Amsterdam, active 1653 after 1698, known miniature maker. Above maker's mark a small hatchet; The hatchet, the 1853 duty mark for old silver objects of national origin returned to the trade. In accordance with several resolutions with further clarifications, this mark was intended for objects with the hallmarks of the ancient Netherlands silversmiths companies.The use of this mark was abolished in 1927 for two reasons: 1st . The lack of knowledge of the old marks has caused this mark to be sometimes struck on old foreign objects. 2nd. this mark had often been counterfeited and used to give objects an antique aura
Peter.