I have a tea strainer with unfamiliar marks. Please help me to identify this strainer.
Thank you.
Help me to identify the tea strainer.
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Re: Help me to identify the tea strainer.
Hi Elena,
Marks of the Southern Netherlands 1814-1831
After the defeat of Napoleon and the French supervisors left, Belgian people under Dutch supervision from 1814-1832.
E for étranger=foreign, used on small work re-assay mark 1814- till 4th June 1817
The other two marks could be French for small silver work minimum 800 fineness used without assay office mark 1798-1809
See:
http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html
Best,
Peter
Marks of the Southern Netherlands 1814-1831
After the defeat of Napoleon and the French supervisors left, Belgian people under Dutch supervision from 1814-1832.
E for étranger=foreign, used on small work re-assay mark 1814- till 4th June 1817
The other two marks could be French for small silver work minimum 800 fineness used without assay office mark 1798-1809
See:
http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html
Best,
Peter
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Re: Help me to identify the tea strainer.
Hello, dear oel! Very thank for your quick answer! I did not recognize the Dutch marks )
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Re: Help me to identify the tea strainer.
Hello, Peter! One more question. Do you know, what is depicted on this French hallmark?
Unfortunately, the picture is so small, that I cannot see anything.
Elena.
Unfortunately, the picture is so small, that I cannot see anything.
Elena.
Re: Help me to identify the tea strainer.
Hello Elena,
Fasces, is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate's power and jurisdiction seen in different variations under the French rule:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces
Peter
Re: Help me to identify the tea strainer.
Hi Elena,
Thanks for your pm with the extra information.
http://www.silvercollection.eu/frenchhallmarks.html
Fasces are for Paris assay office; guaranty small silver objects 800/1000 fineness
Best,
Peter
Thanks for your pm with the extra information.
http://www.silvercollection.eu/frenchhallmarks.html
Fasces are for Paris assay office; guaranty small silver objects 800/1000 fineness
Best,
Peter