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Yes, I know the image is not showing! I am busily trying to find the EDIT button that FAQ claims is somewhere....... I don't recall seeing an EDIT feature ( they must have taken their cues from Twitter). The tag has an extra /img....I just cut/pasted the address into another Browser Tab. Maybe the ...

[img] [IMG]https://www.hebergeur-image.com/upload/78.196.157.144-6298d8a2666d1.jpg[/img] [/img] The anvil engraved with insects, the bigorne, was an integral part of the hallmarking process and the jeweller or silversmith was required to leave the bigorne imprint visible after polishing. Because of...

In regards to the question as to HOW these insects were engraved on the die, the French mint, which supplied hallmarks and the engraved BIGORNE anvils, used a reducing mill, which is based on a pantograph. In order words, a large model would be engraved in a softer material, even plaster, as the th...

Thanks....I would like to see at least one page (maybe where P.H.) is found.... :-)

My apologies; I didn't notice your post count and see now that you are relatively new to the forums. Welcome! Thanks ...yeah newbie....super interesting...do the books have a picture of the hallmark by the maker or do they just describe the hallmark? Finally, the other two marks are the Paris assay...

Ok one more question on this subject.

HOW DID ONE CARVE OUT SUCH INTRICACIES IN SUCH A SMALL SCALE?!?!

Seriously baffled by that ...you can see the leg thorns and abdomen segmentation.

Wow thank you all...super interesting...I never knew about this.

What a wonderful rabbit hole i've been in over the last few days.

Thank you Thank You Thank you.

you guys are amazing. I stumbled on Ernest Compere because of the rabbit, but since it wasn't the same last name I thought it wasn't a match. Cool that I recognized the address of 79 rue Quincampoix, Paris looks like Ernest was succeeded by his widow Leontine Compere. I'm surprised ES is not listed ...

My most humble thanks for your information....once I got the name I found a few more examples of the hallmark ad downloaded he images.

Thank you again

The maker is Pierre Rene Thomas Hellaine (see Arminjon I:2970). I think this must be a rather rare mark, since it was registered on 19 Mar 1808 and cancelled seventeen months later on 1 Sep 1809, by which time Hellaine had died. I have found very little information on him, though his widow, Lousie ...

Oh my goodness, thank you so much Blackstone,
Excuse my ignorance, but what is "(see Arminjon I:2970)" ?

Should I just google the word Arminjon?

so on the forks and spoons, of which I'm trying to find the silversmith, on the topside are marks that appear to be insects. I did not find anything remotely similar in my research. They all seem slightly different and they are not bound in a cartouche or diamond. They all have the Minerva stamp and...

These are the same shape and look as the E (rabbit) S I have posted, but the hallmarks are very worn. Included are the same pics of the front/back of the E (rabbit) S, but seriously they look the same. I have included all of the hallmarks, but I think it is only going to be recognizable from the sha...

One more hallmark that I can't find.

This one is has an E , a rabbit, a line then an S

Hey trev,
Here ya go

Continuing on my quest. Similar utensil (this time a spoon) as before, but different hallmark. https://i.imgur.com/e4LFGql.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CTWfqgO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EYtex8F.jpg the marking V.D. is an ancestor I think...but I don't recall anyone with the last name that starts with D...s...

sorry but I must not have posted the IMG tag correctly.

I'd be glad to delete the post and try again or Edit the posy but I can't do either.

trying a different way to post an image

I found most of my ancestors' silverware makers but a few escape me.

Here is one that has a P and H, and something else which I have no clue as to what they are.

Hope someone can help