I will post all the weird marks I've found on a bunch of inherited silver. It's fun to try to learn about them so thanks ahead for the help!
Ramu
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joanespring
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Ramu
I have a set of spoons with these marks - I found out who 'RAMU' was, but can't find the mark with the 3 over RD over star.
I will post all the weird marks I've found on a bunch of inherited silver. It's fun to try to learn about them so thanks ahead for the help!
I will post all the weird marks I've found on a bunch of inherited silver. It's fun to try to learn about them so thanks ahead for the help!
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joanespring
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- Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2014 4:40 pm
Re: Ramu
Here's another pic showing the marks better.
Re: Ramu
Hi
The spoon is from Jean-Pierre-Louis RAMU-Dufour (1796-1852). The other mark is the "fineness mark". 3 is for 3eme titre, so 800/1000 purity. In the System in use in Geneva between 1815 and 1881, normally a lions head was used on the 800 purity mark. However, also the makers Initials were in use. So RD stands for RAMU-DUFOUR.
You can date your Piece around 1850.
Kind regards
Jörg
The spoon is from Jean-Pierre-Louis RAMU-Dufour (1796-1852). The other mark is the "fineness mark". 3 is for 3eme titre, so 800/1000 purity. In the System in use in Geneva between 1815 and 1881, normally a lions head was used on the 800 purity mark. However, also the makers Initials were in use. So RD stands for RAMU-DUFOUR.
You can date your Piece around 1850.
Kind regards
Jörg