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by AG2012
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Hellp with silver brooch hallmark!
Replies: 5
Views: 265

Re: Hellp with silver brooch hallmark!

Looks like French charançon import mark.
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by AG2012
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:34 am
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: russian silver tea caddy, makers mark identification
Replies: 15
Views: 555

Re: russian silver tea caddy, makers mark identification

Most likely India or China modern production with faked marks.
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by AG2012
Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
Topic: Håndarbeid 830S WB (or WTB?) mark on silver bowl
Replies: 4
Views: 329

Re: Håndarbeid 830S WB (or WTB?) mark on silver bowl

Linguistically for ``hand made``, it is Norway. Between W and B could be a hammer.
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by AG2012
Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:07 am
Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
Topic: silver cup master's hallmark
Replies: 6
Views: 871

Re: silver cup master's hallmark

Guessing a rising sun/un soleil levant over HS for Henri Soufflot 1884/1910.
Then Soviet mark for foreign made silver after 1927 (worker`s head in profile with hammer). Assay office looks like Hellenic letter omicron for Tbilisi.
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by AG2012
Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
Topic: 6x Persian - Iran? Cup
Replies: 4
Views: 1233

Re: 6x Persian - Iran? Cup

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Bottom right is silver fineness 84 which has been discussed here many times. Numeral 4 differs in Farsi from Arabic, therefore we can tell it`s made in Iran.
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by AG2012
Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Paris 1723-24
Replies: 8
Views: 1020

Re: Paris 1723-24

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by AG2012
Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Paris 1723-24
Replies: 8
Views: 1020

Re: Paris 1723-24

Of course it`s Hanau, most likely Georg Roth, who specialized in ``antique`` French silver. During decades of researching and collecting silver I have seen wishful thinking too many times when Hanau silver was involved. Common mistakes by inexperienced collectors: 1.They expect perfect match in Hana...
by AG2012
Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: Can anyone identify these soviet marks?
Replies: 3
Views: 408

Re: Can anyone identify these soviet marks?

Leningrad jewelry factory
Spoon
0 factory logo = 1980


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by AG2012
Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: AUSTRO HUNGARIAN silver brooch hallmark
Replies: 2
Views: 399

Re: AUSTRO HUNGARIAN silver brooch hallmark

P is for Pest (Budapest) Hungary. It was used as secondary mark (e.g. on finials) but also as the only mark due to limited area to apply marks. Seen on chains, too. Oak leaf is partially struck and looks like Czechoslovakia mark for old items (unless there was a Hungarian silversmith with similar ma...
by AG2012
Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: Unknown European? marks on vintage Red Riding Hood rattle
Replies: 3
Views: 491

Re: Unknown European? marks on vintage Red Riding Hood rattle

There is something more here; use 10 X magnifying glass.

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by AG2012
Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:04 am
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: Fabergé August Frederik Hollming
Replies: 8
Views: 820

Re: Fabergé August Frederik Hollming

Unfortunately, both the open saltcellars of poor cloisonne quality and the marks are faked; India or China, modern production with faked Imperial Russian marks to deceive buyers. Not a dangerous fake, though. Too obvious wrong marks and poor design that does not match any serious Imperial Russian si...
by AG2012
Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: German Silver
Topic: help me identify a jeweler
Replies: 3
Views: 996

Re: help me identify a jeweler

Beautiful Jugendstil.
French rectangular weevil mark for imported silver items from treaty countries, used 1893-1984, minimum silver standard of 800/1000.
Applied twice to indicate the object consists of two parts.
Fineness .800 is not sterling .925.
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by AG2012
Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Identifying-Help needed
Replies: 2
Views: 395

Re: Identifying-Help needed

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Elkington & Co Ltd

1967


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by AG2012
Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:56 am
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Antique German Bavarian Salt Cellar Date?
Replies: 7
Views: 728

Re: Antique German Bavarian Salt Cellar Date?

13 Loth fineness is .812,5. Not sterling (.925).
Combination of lion and Augsburg acorn suggests pseudo marks.
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by AG2012
Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:01 am
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: Jakob Weiss modified(?) Biedermeier spice bowl from Austria
Replies: 2
Views: 738

Re: Jakob Weiss modified(?) Biedermeier spice bowl from Austria

Pieces perfectly fit together; nothing has deliberately altered unless you use 10 x magnifying glass and examine carefully the places where ball feet were soldered. Regardless of skillful silversmith you will see traces of filing. Central ``candlestick, toothpick holder`` should be examined, too. Th...
by AG2012
Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: German Silver
Topic: attribution
Replies: 3
Views: 1514

Re: attribution

Von der Maas bis an die Memel,
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt
by AG2012
Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Irish Hallmarks
Topic: help determine the year of the spoon
Replies: 5
Views: 1544

Re: help determine the year of the spoon

Vast majority of berry spoons didn’t start life as berry spoons, but were often plain spoons that were decorated at a later date.
I opt for Victorian decoration.
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by AG2012
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
Topic: Help with Egyptian date
Replies: 2
Views: 4913

Re: Help with Egyptian date

Time frame can be limited to 1941 - 1946. From 1941 the Latin characters have been replaced by Arabic characters. In October 1946, the "cat facing left" mark was changed to the "lotus flower blossom mark" . Your mark is a cat, meaning it was made before 1946. Date letter is Arabi...
by AG2012
Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:01 am
Forum: Middle East
Topic: Egyptian marks: Snake Bracelet
Replies: 2
Views: 1899

Re: Egyptian marks: Snake Bracelet

From top: 1.Mark upside down (two dots should be on top) is for Cairo. 2.80 (Arabic numeral 8 looks like inverted V and dot for 0) is fineness .800 3. Egypt official mark (lotus flower ) used since 1946. 4. Year 1968 - 1974 (the same was used 1965 - 1967 but without dot). Position of dots was often ...

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