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Hi smakkk
I have also some cigarette case with golden letters/names in my collection.
No one is hallmarked, but most of them are not plated, but massive gold. You can test it with acid, carefully for not damaging the item.
Kind regards

Already learned something, thanks, Trev.
Steffen

Thanks a lot for your help, David.
There are no hallmarks, I forgot to say. It is tested with acid for silver (I think, in india it is mostly 925).
One more secret is solved :-)

Kind regards
Steffen

Hi, I will help a friend, who bought a very nice plate. It is silver and looks for me like old an from chinese origin. But I`m no expert for asien silver, so I bet for your help with two questions: Is ist from China? How about the age? Weight is 1,4 kg, diameter 42 cm. http://www.myimg.de/?img=asiat...

Hi Zolotnik, you are right, but there is one problem: I have no experience with authenthic items, because I can not find them on the markets here. I believe, 99 % of the russian things here are fakes. I have some books and can look pics in online-auctions and here in the forum, but this seems not ef...

Hi Juke, thanks a lot for your kind answer. I can give it back, thats no problem. Still I am disappointed, ony fakes that are sold here (90 % i can identify as fakes, here I had really hope that it is authentic). Yes, russian silver is really difficult, I read here 2 years and am still not able to s...

Hi, after I bought in the past mostly fakes, I stopped bying russian silver for a while. Until today, I liked this cross a lot, the dealer was serious (I think so) and I hope (and think), it is authentic. But I would like the opinion of the experts here. Thanks a lot for every help. Here the pics: h...

@ artsasia
Thanks for your help. The hallmark on the bowl and the japanese "pure silver mark" are not very similar, IMHO.
So I`m not sure if it is really made in japan.
Maybe anybody can read the cryptic writing?

Kind regards
Steffen

Greetings to all, the newest item in my collection is a bowl of silver with two dragons, who are riveted. A very detailed and hand-forged work. At the bottom there is an old date of 1898 and two hallmarks. I could not find the hallmarks, neither in my books nor here on this side. So I`m not sure, is...

Hi Zilver2, yes, you are right, I found it in my tardy. Thanks !!!! So the first secret is solved, no from france, but imported to france. Question still is, in whitch country the item is produced and by which company. 815 is unknown for me, in my collection I have not one peace with this fineness. ...

I have an Candle owner where I can`t identify the hallmarks, maybe I can get some help: The first hallmark looks like an ant, the makers mark is BC and somewhat like a goat between. There is another hallmark "PV 815 BC". According to my opinion this mark does not fit to the other marks, pe...

The next mystery of my collection is solved, thank you very much, Pat!!!
Kind regards
Steffen

I hope, somebody can help me with those 2 boxes of my collection. I think, they are from China, maybe around 1900. Both have a monogramm, who does not look "chinese". On the site of the chinese export marks I could not find the same hallmarks as on the boxes, only the information that &quo...

Thanks a lot, Bahner,
I have looked in my book "Bestecke des Jugendstils" and two of the cutlery`s of Behrens looked a bit like this one, so I had some hope :-)
Kind regards
Steffen

Good day, I need some help: I bought a cutlery and can not assign the pattern. It looks similar as art nouveau cutleries of Peter Behrens, exactly the same sample could I however not find. Does someone know the sample? It is marked with 800 crescent crown. Thank you for each assistance. Kind regards...

Amazingly, how many information I have now about the carafe and their origin. Again thanks to all, who divide their knowledge here so generously. Yes, Qrt.S, I relaxe :-) BTW: I bought the carafe as well as 6 russian cigarette cases from a collection 2 years ago. One of the cases I presented here la...

Hi Zolotnik, thanks for your thoughts, many good questions, but I`m sorry, I have no answers. I also never had seen the mark 875 M. Maybe somebody had new idees? Yes to buy something about which one does not understand anything, is an error. I unfortunately committed this error fequently in the past...

@ Qrt.S Concerning polisch: It is sad, but my whole collection is packed in foil and stored in cardboards. I have on the one hand much too many pieces to set up around and it have also safety reasons, the silver is in a special safe deposit area. Yes, I started to learn the imperial Russian marking ...

Hi Zolotnik, thanks for your thoughts, your idea to test the silver content is very good, but: it is not so easy. You should have a mass spectrometer. The testing using nitric acid and dichromat and judge about the intensity of the red colour is IMHO not suitable to differentiate between the content...

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