Need help with german marking identification.

medfan · Post by **medfan** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:39 am

I have no clue about these markings. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Post by **admin** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:46 am

Hi, we're going to need more than a thumbnail image.

medfan · Post by **medfan** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:29 pm

sorry about the small pictures. maybe these new pictures will help.

blakstone · Post by **blakstone** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:05 am

Definitely Hanau pseudo-marks used by Ludwig Neresheimer & Co.; the piece is probably from the first quarter of the 20th century.

medfan · Post by **medfan** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:29 am

thank you very much for your response. i am new to silver identification markings. But i thought that german silver made after 1886 has to have the moon and crown markings. please advise. thank you very much.

kerangoumar · Post by **kerangoumar** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:20 pm

the whole problem with marks - rather, pseudo marks - from hanau, is that the smiths there set out deliberately to produce works that appeared to be from earlier centuries - which would be quickly unmasked if they put the moon and crown on them. but as 800 was a standard silver grade especially for intricate works which required somewhat harder silver, many took pains to note that their silver met this standard (and when you took the object home and handed it around numerous times you would not begin to get a loss of detail)