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As I said above, I'm not a great expert on Maltese silver. I simply included an image from Victor Denaro's book that seemed relevant to the topic, and as I said, it could be a lead for further investigation.
Furthermore, I don't know if Geraldo and Paolo Pace were brothers or relatives, or if they ...

Why should this mark, which actually represents the lion of Saint Mark in Majesty, be considered fake?
It seems genuine to me, and the other mark, which is quite worn, is almost certainly that of the assayer Zuan Piero Grappiglia (1758-1802).
https://i.postimg.cc/bNTMTpMC/grappiglia-5.jpg
It's ...

Hi Qtr.S
Unfortunately, I don't know the answer. I don't know much about Maltese silver either.
The hallmarking is clearly anomalous. There are too many marks.
In addition to the fineness mark and the date mark, there are three others.
One could be attributed to the assayer and another to the ...

It looks just like Geraldo Pace's stamp

Of course 1856+5=1861

As Qrt.S says, the number 5 is the date number and precisely 1856+5= 1859
from the book by Victor Denaro
With the enactment of Ordinance II of 1856 new regulations came into force. These provided that there be only one standard of gold at 18 carats marked with the impression of a royal crown, and ...

The city is almost certainly Alessandria (AL). Is it?
1232 AL CAUCIA MARIO Via Garibaldi, 152 VALENZA ALESSANDRIA
1282 AL PERINI Francesco Via De Amicis, 4 VALENZA ALESSANDRIA
Regards
Amena

I've found these marks on three or four different objects in Italy. To get more clues, it might be helpful to report where the object was found.
Regards
Amena

These marks seem so blatantly fake to me that I can't believe anyone (especially the seller) would believe them to be genuine.
https://i.postimg.cc/XvcbyWyC/GIUDA-00.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/wBkCjkS5/giuda.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/YSnwx3br/giuda-2.jpg
I even begin to suspect that I'm the one ...

I think it's the silversmith's mark.
I read FRZ, and there's certainly something else above it, probably other letters.
At the time, two-line silversmith's marks were common.
See, for example, Marino's.
https://i.postimg.cc/HkKwxhGX/platero.jpg
I don't have any books specifically on Madrid ...

I agree with Aguest about the Spanish look of the marks.
I found this hallmarking in the "Enciclopedia de la plata", which bears some similarities to those on the plates: the crowned M, the name MELCON.
https://i.postimg.cc/XN5QfHP8/marcas.jpg
There are some differences, but I can't say whether ...

At first glance, they don't look like French silverplate marks to me.
In the photo, all the marks are very partial. If all the plates have the same marks, you could post all 12 photos.
It would probably be possible to reconstruct the entire marks.
Amena

Thanks Trev
I'd looked at the American marks list without success.
How could I have missed it?
Best regards
Amena

I realize I'm breaking a rule (mark+item is required) but unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to photograph the item.
It's a beautiful, decorated cake stand that appears to be from the early 20th century.
In addition to the Sterling mark, it bears this mark.
https://i.postimg.cc/kMYZ29F2/W.jpg .
It ...

Yes, the other cutlery is solid silver.
The knives are made of two shells stamped and soldered together.
The void is then filled with sand to a certain height and then with a molten lead alloy that, as it cools, secures the blade.

Thanks, Trev.
I'd always seen, and personally used, this type of mallet (in Italian, mazzuolo) for carving wood.
I'd usually seen stonecutters use another type of mallet (in Italian, mazzetta), which has a cuboid head.

677 VI = MATTIELLO DINO, Via Vecchia Ferriera, 26 Vicenza
Started June 1972, out before Dec 1995

I found this presentation mallet made in Sheffield by John Round & Son in 1894 (thanks, silvermakersmark).
https://i.postimg.cc/VkJ6k6f7/mallet-0.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/HxY1jZ0p/MALLET-2.jpg
I did some research online and found several.
One is even in a box with a presentation trowel.
https ...