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Thanks ever so much.

Alex

I have been trying to post an image but apparently this site will only accept images posted on the web. You are correct the "L" is in a circle with the Berlin bear. The next mark "D" or "R" (highly stylized sort of Gothic style is also in a separate circle. Then there is a simple "M" before the name ...

Blakstone, thanks. I may not be able to find this book in Ottawa, Canada. My set has the mark L in the lozenge with the Berlin lion as well as beside this what looks to be a D or perhaps an R in elaborate script and an M just before Haller and Rathenau. I assume the L is for the primary assayer and ...

Amazing to have answer to this question. I have a set of forks and spoons with these marks on them and was despairing of ever identifying them. To Blakstone, what is your source? Thanks.