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Thats fantastic thankyou! i was hesitant to hanau pseudo thus my not looking,a pleasure to learn something new everyday! i am delighted that i only paid scrap price for it,a real treasure that will not go in the melter!
thanks again for your keen and sagely wisdom
best regards
nosts.

Picked up this fine vase recently,marks are giving me problems,it appears to be german silver kassel city mark circa 1840's? 50's? with an import mark for Berthold muller london circa 1913, i have had muller import pieces before but mainly cherub figures early 20th century, i would like to know if t...

Hi all,picked up this very large table lighter recently,i am in two minds as to whether it is german or french? looks like mercury head? any advice would be much appreciated,thanks in advance,. its about the size of a fizzy pop can,still works very nicely! has interesting inscriptions to the casing ...

yes i see the double stamping of cartouches to the spoon bowl, i think they look like moscow markings in a degenerate way,i have tested the spoon for silver and it comes up trumps,, its a nicely made piece for a faux assay if you are correct in your assessment, thanks for the pointer :-)

Picked this little beauty up the other day,cannot for the life of me discern the maker/constituance markings, i believe it to be of russian origin,any help would be greatly appreciated. my thanks in advance. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/the_nosferatu/spoon2001.jpg http://img.photobucket.co...

hi postnikov,this is wonderful thankyou, i shall study the date table and the advice you divulged regarding old slaconic markings,i am thinking the piece after looking at it and with a base mathematical speculation the piece is approx circa 1894 which would correspond with the use of the celluloid m...

that was a superb read, very informative :-)
god damn i love this forum.

An interesting little piece,a silver cartouche bearing the image of mary and the christ child,there are some odd assay? markings that i have never seen before upon the upper section and to the right of marys face,the cartouche is mounted within a small marble celluloid plaque, circa 1930's?? i am su...

WOW thankyou Trev, would you beleive i picked this piece up for £1 at a car boot sale,my thanks for the information,certainly a nice addition to my collection.
best regards

hi everyone,have not posted in a while but found this old spoon,is impressed with an odd set of marks that i am not familiar with,i think continental or could be british? most likely georgian period, any help on identifying would greatly appreciated.my thanks in advance.. http://img.photobucket.com/...

Hi, my first gold post, :-) i was given this lovely mourning ring and upon study and looking at the date letter i am stumped as to what origin or date to put it under, any advice would be much appreciated, my thanks in advance. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/the_nosferatu/melba-1st-feb101.jp...

thankyou trev,i found that very interesting indeed and i thankyou for the link too! i do enjoy these forums,one can learn so much in a few moments about the history of silver and indeed history of the world, this will make a fabulous gift for my other half as she is barmey about antiques and silver,...

Wow thankyou Trev for your insight, how on earth did you know that?? :-) it amazes me still how you manage to find out whom made what and from where! could you give me a possible indication to its age? does calcutta have an assay office with date marks and such? i am certainly piqued in my interest ...

Hi,i recently aquired this little silver compact,i am thinking maybe art deco period? judging by the design,but what are the hallmarks? are they english or continetal? any help would be greatly appreciated. my thanks in advance. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/the_nosferatu/melba-25th-jan012....

Hi,recently picked up this little chatelaine cocktail purse/bag at a boot sale for a few pounds,i have tried my best but am stumped as to how to assay it,theres no conventional marks other than the date letter and seeing as its theres no birmingham/london/sheffield/exeter/chester e.t.c marks i am co...

thanks trev, i must say i do find this all so very interesting :)
i have found something relating to its possible maker in a weird book..apparently it could be 'cappeli' from the end of the emanuel II reign in italy, 1870s..

and there i was thinking it was a bodkin, thankyou for the information :) i could swear some of you use 'time machines' to find out what you do! :)
i shall now investigate italian silver smith hall marks..could do with a copy of the jackons continental if there is one?

Hi, having just aquired this little silver bodkin i am completely stumped as to the makers mark or date or country regardin g this little item..i am strongly thinknig dutch silver but as to anything else i am really at a complete loss, i have trawled the foreign makers and come up with nothing even ...

Simon Rosenau of Germany? crumbs where do you fine gents discern all of this? i am fairly new to the whole foreign silver interest and aquired this pot from an old lady in her 70's for a reasonable price at a house clearance..and there i was thinking it was dutch :P at least that is what the leprous...

just aquired this interesting little number, i cannot for the life of me discern the date letter or the true mintier for it,i know its scottish but have pored through the jacksons big boy book and came up with little or nothing,have also examined the scottish section on the 925 category. any informa...