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I purchased a silver Torah pointer ("yad") at auction that the auction catalog dates to the 18th century and "likely" Prague. The only two markings appear to be in Hebrew characters:
https://imgur.com/a/FPYhzvS
These seem to be the Hebrew letters pe (פ) and ayin (ע). The auction house has ...

Ok-- so before 1853, pieces of silver below the 833/000 threshold were not marked. In the case of my yad, all we can say for sure is that it was marked sometime between 1859-1893. Assuming that what I've written thus far is correct, I think I have one final question-- if it had been made before 1859 ...

Thanks for this further clarification. I want to make sure I understand: it's clearly below 833/000 because of the dolphin mark, but isn't it possible that a Dutch maker would not have attached his maker's mark to this inferior piece of silver? Put differently, does every antique Dutch silver piece ...

Very interesting. If the pointer were German in origin, why would it have the Dutch dolphin hallmark? And why do you think that the silver content is below 833?

Thanks. Is it possible that the marking below on the pointer is not the initials of the owner but rather of the maker or someone in the assayer's office?

Here's what I hope is a clearer picture of the hallmark. It looks to me like the dolphin/fish mark that was used in Holland from 1859-1893 (K in the picture below)
I'd greatly appreciate any help in identifying the mark so that I have a better sense of the dating of the piece.
Thanks in advance!
Ari ...

The style of the pointer is Dutch. I'll clean the pointer as you suggest.

Perhaps this is the hallmark I'm looking for?

I guess I confused those letters with hallmarks. Is there anyway to approximate a date for the piece based on the style of the letters?

I own a Dutch silver Torah pointer from the 18th or early 19th centuries. I'd greatly appreciate help identifying the hallmark. The S appears like the S listed on the site as the Dutch hallmark from 1816, but I'm not sure what the intertwined C indicates.
https://i.ibb.co/JBxndbb/Dutch-yad.jpg ...