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Hi...
Could someone clarify these marks for me...these are about to be made in to rings and I’m hoping I can save them by telling them not too due to age etc...
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Hi,
Those are Dutch marks, from left to right:
Maker's mark VK for J.M. Van Kempen & Son.Mark for big articles: Passant lion and number 2 (silver fineness .833) in hexagon,the Minerva head is the duty mark. Letter (cannot decipher) is date mark.
Regards

Date letter in Gothic is certainly within the range of second half to late 19th century sequence of date letters.
Regards

I have learn something which is always good...
Thanks a lot for that...i think they will end up as rings....never mind I will try and save others...

VK under crescent & 2 dots for; Fa. J. M. van Kempen & Zonen, this particular mark used 1858-1924
For information about the history of Van Kempen see;
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 590#p70305
Minerva head or assay office mark with regional assay office letter C for The Hague.
The year letter perhaps gothic K for 1894.
Through the ages silver items are melted down for the silver to be used in a new product. Enjoy your rings.


Peter.