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Earlier this week, I found a pair of candlesticks that I've been trying to identiy. I have included photos of one of them. One of them is marked 830 and has a mark that looks a little similar to Johann Sigmund Kurz / Kurz J. & Co - Hanau mark. I was wondering what your thoughts where and if this...

I have Chr. A. Bøje's 3-volume revised set of Danish silversmiths, and sadly it is not in there. :( I'm sorry for not replying sooner, I still haven't had any luck solving this mystery. I just wanted to make sure every Danish Provincial silversmith working around 1830-1850 was checked. ::: I've had ...

I would love to know the composition too, unfortunately I don't know anyone who has a handheld XRF, which is probably what is required to test this without damaging it? The guys in Copenhagen I normally sell scrap to have one of the XRF chamber models, but it is not big enough to fit this, sadly. It...

That is certainly a possibility and I think you're right on the money about it being an entrée/vegetable dish. It would certainly be nice to at least get an idea about age. I think it has a lot of symmetry in the design, that would fit with baroque / regency, but given that I have close to zero hand...

Thank you, Krisztián! I appreciated that you took the time to take a picture from the book and add it here. The first one (K:708) does look a lot like the one on my entrée dish/vegetable dish, but the "4 dots" make a much thinner cross than the one indicated in the book. Here are the known...

Sorry, I just read it that way. I apologize.

Qrt.S wrote:@Mmollari
Come on now, it was a general statement and directed to you.

One last comment, and then I'll wait and see what people think. Something bothered me earlier when someone mentioned that the finial looked like an acorn. I agree that it is slightly similar, but I would argue that it looks more like the flower bud of a thistle, or other flower bud. I do not know if...

That is why I've asked for examples, in my previous post. :) Hi, Vague similarity to Raab cross is not enough to attribute this particular item to a small town in Hungary, and being in the pristine condition after 300 years across the continent. It would be really unprofessional to do so, and most o...

I just wonder where you got the impression that I thought it was the whole truth? If I thought that, there would be no reason to post here, right? Now that we've got that out of the way, I would still like to see what the Hungarian marks look like BEFORE 1750, because as much as I've looked around, ...

This is from Ole Hæstrup's "Håndbog for Sølvsamlere" danish handbook on silver marks, released in 1986.

A quick reply before people keep repeating the "swedish theory". I own the book mentioned about Swedish Silversmiths (for anyone interested, the latest edition can still be bought from nordiskamuseet.se), and there is no town mark that resembles the cross/clover/whatever-it-is, in that boo...

Hi, That is not shield with cross mark of Gyor used in early 18th century. Austria-Hungary empire had well established hallmarking system and the mark does not belong there. Regards I am sure that is true, for the Austria-Hungary empire, but since it wasn't established until 1867, and the mark I've...

I recently bought this rather large lidded pot with what I assume is a hot water bassin at the bottom (although it could just as well hold other food). It has a makers mark that says RH and another mark that could possibly be the mark for Györ in Hungary (1st half of 18th century according to Ole Hæ...

Hi, what did the jeweller say about the silver content? I happen to have the exact same teapot, but haven't been able to find out where it was made or if it is silver or just plated.