Thanks in advance!
Silver bag bracket
Silver bag bracket
Silver bagbracket with mastermark Crown AY? I cannot find this one in my books so help will be appreciated...
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Re: Silver bag bracket
In my opinion the marks are not on a Dutch bracket but on a belt hook. The marks to me appear not to be Dutch perhaps German?
Crowned B.
In March 1807, by order of the King of Holland, a new hallmark law on the working, importing and sale of gold and silver objects, including the levy of duty on the same was implemented. Silver smiths, retailers and silver- shop owners, and private residents could, for a few weeks, bring in their old hallmarked and previous made silver & gold objects and have those objects stamped with the crowned O, the capital letter O, the first letter for the Dutch word 'Onbelast'= duty-free; no tax duty had to be paid.
After this period, a tax duty had to be paid and the crowned B was applied, the capital letter B, the first letter for the Dutch word 'Belasting' = Tax. After the 18th of April 1807, officially no work with old hallmarks was allowed to be sold without the crowned O, unless tax was paid and the object stamped with the crowned B. NB. Many variations of the crowned O were used in this short period and the crowned O often has been faked for duty dodging and other reasons. Sometimes we see the crowned B in combination with the crowned V for foreign/imported articles. All duty and import mark give no guarantee of the standard or fineness of the silver/gold used.
Peter.
Crowned B.
In March 1807, by order of the King of Holland, a new hallmark law on the working, importing and sale of gold and silver objects, including the levy of duty on the same was implemented. Silver smiths, retailers and silver- shop owners, and private residents could, for a few weeks, bring in their old hallmarked and previous made silver & gold objects and have those objects stamped with the crowned O, the capital letter O, the first letter for the Dutch word 'Onbelast'= duty-free; no tax duty had to be paid.
After this period, a tax duty had to be paid and the crowned B was applied, the capital letter B, the first letter for the Dutch word 'Belasting' = Tax. After the 18th of April 1807, officially no work with old hallmarks was allowed to be sold without the crowned O, unless tax was paid and the object stamped with the crowned B. NB. Many variations of the crowned O were used in this short period and the crowned O often has been faked for duty dodging and other reasons. Sometimes we see the crowned B in combination with the crowned V for foreign/imported articles. All duty and import mark give no guarantee of the standard or fineness of the silver/gold used.
Peter.
Re: Silver bag bracket
Indeed the marks are on the hook.
Re: Silver bag bracket
Top mark, is it a tower above script letter g or ?
AY under crown if maker's mark, there are only two known Dutch silversmiths who used the letters AY, both do not qualify.
Peter.
Re: Silver bag bracket
Hi Peter, Yes indeed. I saw them too. But no match. The tower indicates Middelburg or Alkmaar, but no silversmith with a mark AY. It looks Dutch, but I oftener had a bowl that was not in the books ;)
Re: Silver bag bracket
Are we sure it is a castle tower or ? v g?
To compare some towers;
Middelburg
Alkmaar
Peter.
Re: Silver bag bracket
We have figured it out. It is a master's mark, an anvil above VG (six versions) in script letters for Gerrit van Goethem. Gerrit van Goethem, registered in Middelburg 1775-1819. Born 9 October 1747 in Middelburg, died 8 February 1830 in the huis wijk D, no. 33, as widower of Catharina van der Heyde. In 1806 he lived in the Beddewijkstraat. Works; trouser buttons, bible mounts & clasps, knives, bag brackets, forks and belt hooks.
Peter.
Source; J. de Bree, Zeeuws Zilver.
Re: Silver bag bracket
Indeed, this is the one! Thanks Peter.