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Okay I included the link to bottle I found by the goldsmith as I wanted to include all the information concerning it but I guess that's against the rules so I'll just include the photo only.

Hi,

Joseph Malherbe, "JM, un lézard" in Nocq, worked 1720-1752. He made small objects. His mark is not reproduced by Nocq. Could the symbol in your photos be a lizard seen from top ?


THANK YOU! You nailed it. Even without seeing the mark! It is definitely him, I found almost identical scent ...

I haven't been able to find the maker in my references, but may I suggest the design in the centre is a toboggan?
I was in the workshop of Chirol and Hipp two weeks ago doing research on maker's marks, and they showed me their hallmark which contains a toboggan, listed as luge in French registers ...

To be honest, I cannot really read the mark below the fineness mark (Boars head).
Nevertheless, a suggestion since the mark is quite small and especially if you did not bought this item in France : would it be a French export mark ("tête de Mercure") (see here for example https://www ...

Hi all,

I recently purchased this cast sterling pendant which I believe was made within the Egyptian revival period (1900-1920c) as it's marked sterling (not 925 as later pieces are). It is a green enamel (jewel?) beetle which I wouldn't call a scarab but I think it's meant to imitate Egyptian ...

Any ideas??

Any ideas??

Hi All,

I have a French 19th C(?) green cut crystal glass perfume bottle with a silver top. It is marked with a lozenge and I cannot figure out the last letter of the makers mark nor the symbol in the center. The first letter looks to be a J but I am thinking that the last is an M or E[?] ? Do you ...

My apologizes

Hi All,

I am hoping someone here is an expert on pre-revolutionary French gold hallmarks (or has more books than I do) who can help me figure out who this makers mark is for? It is on a gold perfume bottle lid and I managed to find the "discharge" hallmark (itty-bitty) for 1727-1732 (Jacques Cottin ...

Hi,
Canada ?

Regards

- What makes you say Canada? It could be, I just checked the Canadian silver marks and the only similarity I saw was a Lion passant in an oval.

Could be James Sutton & James Bult (1782-84) and London. Small items like teaspoons and sugar tongs from London didn't have town ...

Hi Silver Experts,

I came across this spoon on my hunt and thought it was quite strange. It has the lion passant (in an oval? which is also strange) showing that it's sterling but it's missing a city mark and a duty mark. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Is this some old bootleg silver or ...

Hello All,

I am normally quite good at reading marks and with a little help from the archives on this wonderful site I rarely have an issue until I came across this small bowl only marked as -
CM
900
In an oval cartouche. When I first bought this bowl a couple years ago I, for some reason, thought ...

Hello,

I am having trouble identifying the artist of this bracelet (although its profusely marked).I believe the artist signed it in the Navajo language but also it is marked "JR" and the only reference I can find to a JR is Jerry Roan but the piece doesnt really look like his work. I tried "FR" as ...

Hello,

I think you may be right, I guess I needed a fresh pair of eyes to look at it! It has a slight difference though but the clasp is definitely Portuguese. Thank you for your help!

Daniel

Sorry, I meant to post this in the "other file" if an admin can move it. Thanks!

I have a silver bracelet whose hallmark completely baffles me. Normally I am pretty good at figuring out (eventually) the hallmark and I have searched the archieves here but so far have come up dry. It reminds me of arabic silver markings (and there was a lot of middle eastern/egyptian silver ...

Maurice,

I tried both tests by adding it to piece as well as a scratch test. I have a feeling the plating must be quite thick because I made a pretty significant streak and it still came back high purity. I wont bother with this again though as Id rather not damage it and now that I understand 100 ...

Thank you for the quick reply! After looking at the link the maker mark is definitely WMF so you are dead on with the German identification. I wonder why the acid gave a bright red color though. Thanks for your time!

Daniel

Hello,

I have scoured the website looking for this mark but have come up dry so I thought I would ask here to see if anyone could provide some information. I am assuming these are bread/butter knives (if not please let me know as the different shape of them threw me off) and they are marked both ...