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This is John Wendt's 'Moresque' pattern, design patented by Bernard D. Beiderhase in 1873 (D6967), E.E. Isabelle & Co. was a Cincinnati, OH retailer...

~Cheryl


Thank you very much for the pattern ID! Nice job tracking down the "E.E.I. & Co." retailer too. Really appreciate your expertise.

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Stumped on another hallmark; it looks like the designer knew what he was doing so I was shocked to find nothing about "E.E.I. & Co." online. Anybody seen this ...

NotMyEbayName wrote:Stumped on another hallmark; what does 14½ mean? Who are LC & CW?

Thanks to anyone who might be able to provide some answers

Edit to add: the spoon has been x-rayed and tests at .925 silver.

Stumped on another hallmark; what does 14½ mean? Who are LC & CW?

Thanks to anyone who might be able to provide some answers

Thank you Dognose and Oel!

So it is Dutch then. The fact that there was only one hallmark threw me off from considering that.

Thanks again for the information.

Not sure if those images were properly posted, so here's the raw imgur link if they didn't: https://imgur.com/a/8q00KNa

Hi guys,

Stumped on another hallmark here. This one is from what looks like a bon bon spoon. The mark almost looks Hanau-ish, but this has been x-rayed and assessed to be .950 silver which seems to rule that out. The piece looks French, with the figure and the style of the bowl piercings, and the ...

Hi Damon,

Wow, thank you for taking the time to share all this information with me. Yes, all those locations do seem very plausible based on what I'm seeing on Google Images. I spent some time browsing more images of famous Omani buildings trying to identify the place on the right, but I have not ...

I am stumped by this hallmark, even though it is very distinctive. I suspect that the plate itself did not come from the Middle East, even though the engraving appears to show scenes from that region (Such as an image of a mosque, a naval (?) base among mountains, a government building (?), and an ...