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Thank you! Great information.

Master ZG is not Zuan Piero Grappiglia (nummer 405 Donaver-Dabbene)?

Very good observation. Thank you! I never doubted that it was silver and I didn’t test it. At the moment and in the next weeks the jug is out of my reach. I can’t imagion that it isn’t silver but I will have it tested.

The way of hallmarking on the pitcher is more like the English than the 18e century German way. Looking at the mastermark EC I couldn’t find these initials in Rosenberg (none) and Wolfgang Scheffler. In Jackson, English goldsmiths and their Marks there are a lot masters with the initials EC. Best ...

The pouring of water with this pitcher went very well. Very accurate. No loss of water, even with very small pouring.

Convincing. Your guess is the best evidence based guess uptill now. Thank you!

Fake hallmarks could be. But Chinese export silver?
See the Christie’s article about Chinese export silver:
https://search.app/7nN8DRydbPtBB4R4A

What about the third mark? It looks like a flower or three leaves. Any idea what the mark is?

Thank you Peter! Good hint. In Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmidt Niedersachsens, volume 2, I indeed found the townmark of Harburg. And I found more towns with similar townmarks with three towers. The pages under “Architecture” consists over 100 townmarks. From Harburg indeed, but also Steinkirchen ...

Hi, I received a private message, content: “It's not a Spanish mark, although with a bit of imagination it could resemble a castle, I don't recognize it that way, and at that time, silversmiths marked it with their full name, never with their initials.”. So, not Spanish. Anyone with an idea?

Thank you for your response. In Fernandez, Marcas de la plata there is stated that the mark of Madrid is with or without the numbers. Mid and early 18e century it is mostly without numbers. Master EC isn’t in that book.

The townmark for Madrid looks very much at this townmark with three towers. See Fernandez et al, Marcas de la Plata, Madrid 1992, page 222-228. If its Madrid, who is master EC?

Altona?

Better photo of the third mark that I can't understand.

Sorry, I mean this jug.

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Hello,

This jug has a weight of 518 grams which is quite heavy for a jug of just 21 cm high.
Looks to me like German early/middle 18e century. The town mark could maybe be Hamburg or Mariënburg, but maybe another town. The other mark doesn't make sense ...

Thank you very much. Not available in English or German language?

Hi, Where to find reference books with Prague silversmith's marks and names prior to around 1866?

Thank you!
Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmiede Rheinland-Westfalens 1 (1973), does show the townmark of Kalkar and that, in particular mark 465b, could really be the townmark on the box, however there is no mentioning of a master "CD" in Kalkar. Are there more towns with towers in ther townmark that ...

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Hi,
This small box (Height 3 cm; Long 3,7 cm; Wide 3,2 cm; Weight 19 gram) has a clear mastermark CD, a dateletter that looks like a C and a townmark that looks like the townmark for Alkmaar, North Holland. The mastermarks for Alkmaar I have acces to don't list a ...