Ah! Thanks very much for this info. France makes much more sense - the elegance of the design, as well as the probability that the original owner, from whom we inherited, had been there rather than S. America.
Arthur
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- Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:20 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: Help wanted with mystery mark - guess S. America?
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- Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:15 am
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: Help wanted with mystery mark - guess S. America?
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Help wanted with mystery mark - guess S. America?
Can anyone help with the mark shown here? The object is a rather elegant silver teaspoon, 14cm long, inherited many years ago. The three marks are on the underside of the stem: a bearded man's head, a name (possibly "LANDRY"), and a face mask: it's the latter that suggests S. America to me...
- Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:03 pm
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Unknown marks on golfing cup
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Re: Unknown marks on golfing cup
Fascinating stuff. Thanks, everyone, for your help. Why the "Golf Club des Fanges" had a Danish-made cup, what Cambridge University were doing there, and why my late father-in-law (who was at Cambridge) took away a trophy I guess I'll never know. But at least now I know who made it, where,...
- Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:51 am
- Forum: Scandinavian Silver
- Topic: Unknown marks on golfing cup
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Unknown marks on golfing cup
Can anyone give me guidance on the marks shown in the attached photos? The cup is very battered. It belonged to me father-in law, and is inscribed "Golf Club des Fanges SPA Cambrindge University 21 Aout 1935" - but the marks on the base don't look French. Moreover, the centre piece of the ...