www.925-1000.com

Hi Alfonsus,

town-mark , Copenhagen, p.25

https://i.postimg.cc/3wPWT8CP/IMG-6939ab.jpg

assayer , p. 27
https://i.postimg.cc/LXXDrVDy/IMG-6941bc.jpg

markers mar k, p. 72
Jens Christensen, (1694-1734)
His widow continued this workshop for more than 20 years (1735-1762).
https://i.postimg ...

In addition:
It is important to know, that many of these thems do not belong to a Bergen-luktevannshus!

There are a lot of diffentent types of silver cases, which have nothing to do with the norwegian boxes:
e.g.
Balsambøsse
Bisamæble
Desmerknop
Amageræg
Fiskeæg

Silverstone

©Qrt.S,
thanks. Just ask!

It is a “Luktevannshus”!
I know that the Norwegian name for this silver box is "luktevannshus".
Here are some terms in different languages.

Norway
Luktevannshus - Duftwasser-Haus
Hodevannshus - Region Østlandet - Kopfwasser-Haus
Slavanshus - Region Vestlandet ...

Hi Nata37,
we are still waiting for a better photo.
So we can only guess:
Maybe, or, perhaps...

My five photos of the Bergen-hallmarks show the seven balls for Bergen, the months “ number - line - M ” and the years, e.g. 38 = 1838.

All five examples reinforce my view that your box can be dated ...

Hi Nata 37,

usually a Bergen punch has a date:

1838 - 10 M
https://i.postimg.cc/KY5dCKL5/b.jpg

1840 - 6 M
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnW29VQf/e.jpg

1850 - 3 M
https://i.postimg.cc/BZzdWf8R/f.jpg

1853 - 6 M
https://i.postimg.cc/4xkqdvQ5/c-a.jpg

1855 - 10 M
https://i.postimg.cc/63JybmrZ/a.jpg ...

I made a mistake in my list, because I really thought the case was by Fyodor Verhovtzev.
In anticipation, I was definitely too quick to get excited about owning a case of a court jeweller !
So I didn't pay close attention to the Kokoshnik mark.

Proverb of the day:
Never forget to use a ...

Mart,
thank you for your last information.
Regards from Silverstone

W H O O P S !

Thanks to Qrt.S.
The assayer is Ivan Lebedkin.
It was difficult to make a better photo. The "Л" is smaller, but better to recognise.
This cigarette case was made in Moscow. Now I have to correct something in my list!

https://i.postimg.cc/B6nvSzTR/IMG-6218ab.jpg

Everyone makes a ...

Mart,
thank you, much appreciated.
Silverstone



Source: NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland) - photo: Christoph Bosch

Hi Mandich,

welcome to our forum!
In addition a cigarette case from Fedor Verkhoftsev.

Dated: April 17, 1905 (frontside) + 1909 (backside)

A kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is engraved on the front, which is native to eastern Central Europe far into Russia and to the shores of the Caspian Sea.
It ...

Hi Pepperonicini,

as often after part 1 of Qrt.S,
part 2 of Silberstone with photos.




Source: Danske guld- og sølvsmedemærker før 1870, 4. udgave, revideret og udvidet af Henrik Jakobsen, Odense 2022, p. 366

Happy holiday greetings to all moderators!

In Berlin the permanent exhibition " Site of German Divisio n" documents the fate of the „ Tränenpalast “.
Parting tears.
This is what the partition of Germany meant for many Berliners and their personal stories can be found in the Tränenpalast.
Karl ...

Hi 84zolotnik,

a few more objects by Sergei Frolov - ready to invite someone.


https://i.postimg.cc/gjsDbGWZ/IMG-5564a.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/hP4sbQLb/IMG-5566a.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SxdHypyk/IMG-5569b.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/gjgvB4Vy/a.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/ZYHFRYG9/b.jpg ...

Hi Nata37,

it is Denmark!
Take a look:

townmark: Copenhagen 17??
https://i.postimg.cc/zDdR7XYZ/1b.jpg

assay master: Christopher Fabritius II, court juweler (1749-1787) - no 1755
https://i.postimg.cc/FHSdhydN/2a.jpg

master: B randt Jonsen - no. B4-778
Brandt Jonsen was born in Island ca ...

Hi Nata37,

your „spoon“ for a cosy tea-celebration is from Sweden.
National mark: three crowns (cattfot)
Town mark: St. Erik/King Erik – Stockholm
Date mark ? I 5 = 1863 ?

Take a magnifying glass and look closely.
You can find out the exact year on the main website of www.925-1000.com – world ...

Hi Elena,

Sasropakis was a little bit quicker with his expalantion of the christian doctrine.
I have never seen a spoon with an undressed woman before!

This type of really old spoons with inscription are medievial types.
Here is a fascinating example of a late middel-Ages type of a Norwegian spoon ...

Hi silverfan and Qrt.S,

Postnikova-Losefa

Ш.ЯЛОВЦИНЪ PL no. 218
town mark PL no. 170

https://i.postimg.cc/tTRvcPrf/Vilniusc.jpg

Vilnius: PL no. 169

https://i.postimg.cc/T2t1B6PH/Vilnius-PL-169.jpg

Vilnius PL no. 3868
https://i.postimg.cc/8PVGyXRn/Vilnius-Beschau-AAa.jpg

photos ...

Hi silverfan,

please take a look at:
p. 260 no. 3868 - assay mark for Vilnius
p. 154, no. 217 - silversmith Jalovtschin (?)

Source: Postnikova-Losefa, GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION 15-20 Century

Regards
Silverstone

“addendum”

I am not quiet sure, if people have used cigarette papers for these little pipes.

Many silver objects, which were manufactored in niello-technique, were made in the Kaukasus-region as “souvenirs” for people who came for a short trip in this beautiful region. This is the reason, why you ...

Hi Scrabble96,

two holders for cigarette papers, rolled and filled with tobacco, showing the mark ж A .

a) Kokoshnik 875 and ν (Ny) for the assayoffice of Kiew, hallmark ж A - unknown master.

https://i.postimg.cc/TPNg5t4Q/IMG-5435.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Zqvp38zS/IMG-5438.jpg
https://i ...