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oel wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 11:58 am Hi, nice casters, see Spain
https://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks6.html

Peter

Thank you, Peter. Very much appreciated. I'll make a note of that, stick it in one and put them in the current banana box being filled with goodies for posterity.

Found these at a sale recently. Their ornate nature first grabbed my eye. The slightly different color (salt/pepper) seemed quite unique. The weight and stamped marks on the bottom suggested silver. Testing confirmed silver. Anyone have any idea of country of origin? https://i.ibb.co/2dnMf1L/IMG-224...

wev wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:55 pm It is called a Dove of Peace. There are many variations (this a particularly nice one), but no one has done a real image survey, so without a maker's mark, it will be luck matching it with a known smith's swage.

Thank you, kind Sir/Madam. Very much appreciated. :-)

:::::: Check for worn hallmarks, put the spoons under various intensities and sources of light, tilt the handles back and forth, and you might be able to make out the hallmarks ::::::: ::::: Sometimes putting the spoon under very low light and tilting the handle back and forth will reveal the hallm...

Just found a set of 6 of these guys. No marking other than an embossed peacock and a colonial looking monogram M I. Anyone have any ideas?

dognose wrote:Hi,

Please embed your images.

Trev.

Yes. I tried as you can see by the broken image in my first post. I will try using another image hosting service.

Image doesn't seem to want to appear. Here's a link to it. https://ibb.co/F4fvGmj

This one has had puzzled me for years. Hoping someone can help out.

It is a sterling cuff bracelet. Quite heavy too.

As to an early use of the crowned N, the city mark of Nijmegen for guild mark is a source. A pseudo mark may be just trying to copy that. The gated castle or towers (the appearance of upper windows just being spaces between towers) has an origin in the Hamburg guild marks. Likewise, it to might be ...

Hi, Everyone.

I'm generally pretty good at figuring out silver marks but this one has got me stumped. Any help would be appreciated.

Rick