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Hi,

It is a nice beaker.

Georg Brenner seems not mentionned in Rosenberg's reference book Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen .

The engraved letters on the edge of the beaker seems to be hebrew : do you have a translation of it ?
Do you know if it is just a "normal" beaker, or if it has a religious use ?

Hello,

As everybody knows, it is always harder to give an advice based on pictures than on something you have in your hand.

Nevertheless :
The quality & style of the box seems consistent with a Parisian silver box of the 2nd part of 18 c.
It would be interesting to see more of the object, like the ...

Hi,

Unfortunatly, I cannot provide information reagrding the marks.
Concerning the object itself, I think it is may well be a paten (used with a chalice for the celebration of the Eucharist) instead of a standard plate.

Hi Amena,

No Parisian silversmith with SF or SE and a caduceus (caducée) found in the 20 c. according to my reasearch.
That may suggest that :
- the symbol is not a caduceus (I understand that even with the spoon in hand, the symbol is not so easy to interpret... a situation which is not so ...

Hi Amena,

I made some research on Parisian silversmith with SF or SE, without much success so far.
On your pic :
- the second letter look more like an F to me
- the symbol ("devise") between the two letters is very unclear to me. According to you, what does represent this symbol ?

Thanks

Thanks JayT fo this announcement.

The exhibition ended, but a precision regarding exhibition catalogue :
- Stricto sensu, 2024-25 exhibition's catalogue is : Thierry Mulette, L'orfèvrerie des Ardennes. Une génération de découvertes au musée de l'Ardenne , 2024.
- To some extend, this 2024 ...

Hi Vantlicht,

This is a nice spoon.
Maybe a naive suggestion, but :
since the doe-paw or hoof design of the handle is quite specific, a comparison with possible comparable model(s) published in reference books may be provide interesting clue regarding the origin of the spoon.

Hello,

Here is a silver candlestick that I believe was made in Barcelona during the 18 century.
Based on the long handle, I suspect it was used for Catholic mass, not for civil purpose - but I may be wrong.

https://i.imgur.com/P2vh9zr.jpeg

I see 3 marks, that I read :
- BAR under a Maltese ...

Hi Peter,

Thanks a lot for your information, as always interesting, detailled & sourced.
I know a bit more about my modest silver fork now !

Once more, when I "studied" marks of this item, I though it was an interesting example regarding the difference, sometimes huge, between "how things were ...

Hi all,

Here is a silver fork, and its marks.

https://i.imgur.com/9ScnqW6.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/LIFUuXw.jpeg

Based on these mark, including the number 34 on the "garantie" mark (a bearded man in front), I think that this fork was made in Mons (Belgium) between 1798-1809.
As we konw, at ...

Hi Peter,

Thanks a lot for your post.
Since Belgium was legally created in 1830, I was a bit suprised that Tardy book simply show this garantee mark in the "Belgium" chapter, without specify and avert the reader that it could be considered as a Dutch mark, that applied at that time in the modern ...

Hi all,

Here is a small (and light) silver spoon and its two marks.
The spoon was probably originally gilted, but most of the gold disapeared.

https://i.imgur.com/6pyTymM.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/BiPaJYA.jpeg

Based on Tardy book, I guess that the flower's mark is the "garantie des petits ...

Hi,

I have not any specific knowledge relating Maltese silver, expect information provided in this forum.

For your information, I came accros this mark MA below a Maltese Cross on an item sold in May 2022 in France, a pair of round silver plates (see picture in the link below) :

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Thanks blakstone for your additional biographical information regarding Antoine Louis Anthiaume. I appreciate it.

Thanks bijoux.expert for your comment regarding personalisation of silverware.
I did not consider so far personnalisation as a protection against thieves so far.
For me, it was more ...

Hello Jay,

Yes indeed, I have already seen silver items with individual letters punched, sometimes with few recurring signs like a star or a "fleur de lys".
I get your point, and it is true that some items are personalized not only through engraving a monogram (or coat(s) of arms), but also by ...

Dear Jay,

Thanks a lot for the information provided regarding the silversmith mark : Anthiaume Senior was indeed a well known maker, and we can suppose that his sons had a good training (in their father workshop or in a family friend workshop). Great that you also mentioned the references, I ...

Hi all,


Here it is a quite standard French silver fork.
According to the marks, this fork was made in Paris between 1798 and 1809 ("first cock" mark).
https://i.imgur.com/dCwb6qg.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/ISzKjWd.jpeg

The silversmith mark is : AL surmounted by an oak leaf ?, above a compass ...

Hi,

Considering the marks, I do not think it is French silver

Hi Peter,

Regarding the link between the small seal and pipe smoker : I agree on the fact that the form of the small seal is very similar to the one of the small tool often use by pipe smokers in order to push/compress tobacco in their pipe. Nevertheless, I would consider that the seal surface ...

Hi,

I could not be very specific regarding these marks, but :
- I think that you are right about the "12" mark : most probably fitness mark, that is 12 loths i-e 750/1000 silver.
That could suggest Germanic countries, Germanic states (before formation of Germany in 1870), Germany, or Austria ...