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by kelmel
Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:29 pm
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Looking For Maker and Type of Spoon
Replies: 2
Views: 3968

Looking For Maker and Type of Spoon

I have a couple of nice sterling spoons. They are very pointy and sharp at the tips and they have a rim around the bottom edge of the bowl. They are marked with what is either,"J.S. Co.", "F. S. Co." or T. S. Co". This is followed by some sort of mark that I cannot make out,...
by kelmel
Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:33 am
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Serving Fork with Unusual Marks...Help!!??
Replies: 3
Views: 3349

Hi,
Can anyone tell me how you determined that this fork is silverplate? I ask because I see it was moved but I do not know why. What country is this silverplate from and how could you tell it was silverplate?
Thank you
by kelmel
Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:06 am
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: Coin Silver Spoon with a Really UNUSUAL mark!
Replies: 4
Views: 6876

Thank you so much! I checked the site but I was looking in the wrong place.
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by kelmel
Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:13 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Serving Fork with Unusual Marks...Help!!??
Replies: 3
Views: 3349

Serving Fork with Unusual Marks...Help!!??

Hello All, I just got this great serving fork. It measures about 8 1/2" long. The marks are on the face, just below the tines. The mark on the left is inside a square divided into two halves, top and bottom. The bottom half has the number "100". The top half has some sort of animal li...
by kelmel
Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:06 pm
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: Coin Silver Spoon with a Really UNUSUAL mark!
Replies: 4
Views: 6876

Coin Silver Spoon with a Really UNUSUAL mark!

Hi All, I have this spoon with a really unusual mark. I have included photos but the mark is a little hard to read. I am afraid my camera is not the best. This spoon has a lion engraved on the end of the back of the handle. The handle has two marks on the back. The first rectangle has the letters, &...
by kelmel
Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:01 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Portugal FMI Vase...Info on Maker????
Replies: 1
Views: 2113

Boy, am I a lamo!! That is FMI, not KMI. Sorry for any potential confusion!!!
by kelmel
Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:59 pm
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Portugal FMI Vase...Info on Maker????
Replies: 1
Views: 2113

Portugal FMI Vase...Info on Maker????

Hi Folks! I have acquired this great pair of matching vases. They were both black when I got them but they have cleaned up nicely. I am guessing they are silver plate as they do not have any of the commonly known sterling marks for Portugal. May question is this, Can anyone out there give me informa...
by kelmel
Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:17 am
Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
Topic: Open Salt with a Really Tough Mark!
Replies: 1
Views: 2035

Open Salt with a Really Tough Mark!

Hi All, This is a really tough one! I just bought this open salt. It footed and hand hammered. The only mark that I can find on it is on the base. It is very small! I appears to be to figures standing side by side on top of wavy lines. They are inside of an oval. As this piece is not marked with, 92...
by kelmel
Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:24 pm
Forum: Sheffield Hallmarks
Topic: Cow with Very Confusing Hallmarks-Help!?
Replies: 5
Views: 5219

The bowl underneath is frosted glass so it certainly is not original to the lid. The lid itself is not marked, just the base of the cow. The cow and the lid appear to be one piece, yet there is a screw and a nut inside the top of the lid.
Thanks for all of the help.
kelmel
by kelmel
Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:24 pm
Forum: Sheffield Hallmarks
Topic: Cow with Very Confusing Hallmarks-Help!?
Replies: 5
Views: 5219

Cow with Very Confusing Hallmarks-Help!?

I just acquired this great dish with a sterling lid. I was told it is a butter pat dish. The sterling lid features a cow on top with the following hallmarks: TB&S, a lion passant, a monarch in profile, and a crown and the #1 in a rectangle. I think it is British, but the absence of a date letter...
by kelmel
Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:41 pm
Forum: Mexican Silversmiths
Topic: New Bowl with TONS of Marks!
Replies: 0
Views: 2610

New Bowl with TONS of Marks!

I just got this great Mexico silver bowl. It measures 5" high, 7 1/2" wide and weighs a pound and a half. It is just beautiful. It has so many marks too, at least four seperate ones. I eagerly sat down with my Mexican silver books and...I could not identify one mark! I am hoping someone he...
by kelmel
Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:01 pm
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: Coin Silver Spoon Makers Marks-Giles, Arm and Hammer???
Replies: 6
Views: 12722

Hi Again Wev,

Just a question if you do not mind. I thought that the symbols on the Giles Bros spoon-a face in profile, the letters SMJ and the rearing lion-were hallmarks?
Thank you.
Mitch
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by kelmel
Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:39 pm
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: Coin Silver Spoon Makers Marks-Giles, Arm and Hammer???
Replies: 6
Views: 12722

Thank you very much for the information!
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by kelmel
Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:40 am
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: Coin Silver Spoon Makers Marks-Giles, Arm and Hammer???
Replies: 6
Views: 12722

Coin Silver Spoon Makers Marks-Giles, Arm and Hammer???

Hello, I recently purchased a bag of spoons. They all had similar shapes, but the markings on the backs were different. Four read, "Pure Coin" and had an arm and fist holding a hammer inside a shield. Others read, "Giles Bros & Co." while others read this as well but were acc...
by kelmel
Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:51 pm
Forum: Mexican Silversmiths
Topic: Help with clover mark???
Replies: 0
Views: 4085

Help with clover mark???

Hi All- I have this terrific necklace. It is very heavy and the sides are hinged. It is marked on the inside with a 3-leaf clover. Each leaf has a letter. These letters are, "JRZ". It is also marked with, "Sterling, 925, Mexico, and TR-32". It is so beautiful, I would dearly love...

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