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by Silverstone
Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:33 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Picked up a 'lot' of Danish silver, any help is appreciated.
Replies: 5
Views: 7325

Re: Picked up a 'lot' of Danish silver, any help is appreciated.

Hi Pepperonicini,

as often after part 1 of Qrt.S,
part 2 of Silberstone with photos.

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Source: Danske guld- og sølvsmedemærker før 1870, 4. udgave, revideret og udvidet af Henrik Jakobsen, Odense 2022, p. 366
by Silverstone
Wed Dec 25, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: Website Updates & Announcements
Topic: Happy Christmas! - 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 3421

Re: Happy Christmas! - 2024

Happy holiday greetings to all moderators! In Berlin the permanent exhibition " Site of German Divisio n" documents the fate of the „ Tränenpalast “. Parting tears. This is what the partition of Germany meant for many Berliners and their personal stories can be found in the Tränenpalast. ...
by Silverstone
Sat Nov 30, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: beaker
Replies: 4
Views: 1560

Re: beaker

Hi 84zolotnik, a few more objects by Sergei Frolov - ready to invite someone. https://i.postimg.cc/gjsDbGWZ/IMG-5564a.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/hP4sbQLb/IMG-5566a.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/SxdHypyk/IMG-5569b.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/gjgvB4Vy/a.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/ZYHFRYG9/b.jpg Regards Silverstone
by Silverstone
Wed Nov 27, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Can anyone help identify the master?
Replies: 2
Views: 1431

Re: Can anyone help identify the master?

Hi Nata37, it is Denmark! Take a look: townmark: Copenhagen 17?? https://i.postimg.cc/zDdR7XYZ/1b.jpg assay master: Christopher Fabritius II, court juweler (1749-1787) - no 1755 https://i.postimg.cc/FHSdhydN/2a.jpg master: B randt Jonsen - no. B4-778 Brandt Jonsen was born in Island ca. 1719, buried...
by Silverstone
Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Can anyone help identify the workshop and years of work?
Replies: 2
Views: 5967

Re: Can anyone help identify the workshop and years of work?

Hi Nata37, your „spoon“ for a cosy tea-celebration is from Sweden. National mark: three crowns (cattfot) Town mark: St. Erik/King Erik – Stockholm Date mark ? I 5 = 1863 ? Take a magnifying glass and look closely. You can find out the exact year on the main website of www.925-1000.com – world marks....
by Silverstone
Tue Nov 19, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: Mystery Objects
Topic: What is the Madonna spoon used for?
Replies: 3
Views: 2335

Re: What is the Madonna spoon used for?

Hi Elena, Sasropakis was a little bit quicker with his expalantion of the christian doctrine. I have never seen a spoon with an undressed woman before! This type of really old spoons with inscription are medievial types. Here is a fascinating example of a late middel-Ages type of a Norwegian spoon f...
by Silverstone
Tue Nov 05, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: Russian coffee spoon kokoshnik left
Replies: 5
Views: 1812

Re: Russian coffee spoon kokoshnik left

Hi silverfan and Qrt.S, Postnikova-Losefa Ш.ЯЛОВЦИНЪ PL no. 218 town mark PL no. 170 https://i.postimg.cc/tTRvcPrf/Vilniusc.jpg Vilnius: PL no. 169 https://i.postimg.cc/T2t1B6PH/Vilnius-PL-169.jpg Vilnius PL no. 3868 https://i.postimg.cc/8PVGyXRn/Vilnius-Beschau-AAa.jpg photos© - no sources - sorry!...
by Silverstone
Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: Russian coffee spoon kokoshnik left
Replies: 5
Views: 1812

Re: Russian coffee spoon kokoshnik left

Hi silverfan,

please take a look at:
p. 260 no. 3868 - assay mark for Vilnius
p. 154, no. 217 - silversmith Jalovtschin (?)

Source: Postnikova-Losefa, GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION 15-20 Century

Regards
Silverstone
by Silverstone
Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: What is this pipe and where was it made?
Replies: 7
Views: 2187

Re: What is this pipe and where was it made?

“addendum” I am not quiet sure, if people have used cigarette papers for these little pipes. Many silver objects, which were manufactored in niello-technique, were made in the Kaukasus-region as “souvenirs” for people who came for a short trip in this beautiful region. This is the reason, why you ca...
by Silverstone
Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:56 am
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: What is this pipe and where was it made?
Replies: 7
Views: 2187

Re: What is this pipe and where was it made?

Hi Scrabble96, two holders for cigarette papers, rolled and filled with tobacco, showing the mark ж A . a) Kokoshnik 875 and ν (Ny) for the assayoffice of Kiew, hallmark ж A - unknown master. https://i.postimg.cc/TPNg5t4Q/IMG-5435.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Zqvp38zS/IMG-5438.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/5...
by Silverstone
Sun Oct 27, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Help ID makers mark
Replies: 6
Views: 1850

Re: Help ID makers mark

Hi SRF,

Danske Guld- och Sølvsmedemærker før 1870, page 109

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Regards
Silverstone
by Silverstone
Mon Oct 21, 2024 2:48 am
Forum: Mystery Objects
Topic: Th. Heiden silver owl ring ?
Replies: 6
Views: 3786

Re: Th. Heiden silver owl ring ?

Hello rustyspoon,

these key rings are intended for customers who own more than one of everything...

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Photo: Theodor Heiden, homepage

Be happy!
Silverstone
by Silverstone
Sun Oct 20, 2024 7:14 am
Forum: Mystery Objects
Topic: Th. Heiden silver owl ring ?
Replies: 6
Views: 3786

Re: Th. Heiden silver owl ring ?

Hello rustysponn, most of us know, that the following mark of Theodor Heiden is the official mark of the seller. The mark beside 800 is by Bruckmann & Söhne , Heilbronn. Bruckmann delivered his silverware to jewelry stores and luxury department stores at home and abroad. Upon request, the regula...
by Silverstone
Sat Oct 19, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Mystery Objects
Topic: Th. Heiden silver owl ring ?
Replies: 6
Views: 3786

Re: Th. Heiden silver owl ring ?

Hi rustyspoon, Bahner is right when he says that it is a key ring. The firm of Theodor Heiden is acutually selling keyrings. The foto from 1909 shows the workskop of theodor Heiden's firm in Munich, Karlstr. 11. https://i.postimg.cc/Gm4v1Z0m/Werkstatt-Heiden-1909.jpg The mark of the silversmith Theo...
by Silverstone
Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Norwegian Silver Spoon
Replies: 10
Views: 4260

Re: Norwegian Silver Spoon

Hi Gli,

this was your first comment in this forum.
I appreciate your comment.
Keep it up!

Thank you!
Regards
Silverstone
by Silverstone
Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Snuffbox
Replies: 2
Views: 3181

Re: Snuffbox

Hi Amena, maybe your snuffbox was made in Norway. Those snuffboxes (ca. 1710 - 1850) had different forms. They could be disc-shaped or rond like a beetrot, had ornaments in silver or brass and were made of fruit-wood, elk horn and bone. Seize: 4 cm - 16 cm. The disc-shaped, flat boxes were more prac...
by Silverstone
Sat Aug 03, 2024 7:25 am
Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
Topic: question
Replies: 3
Views: 1492

Re: question

Hi huszas76, in addition to P. M. Tenner - for your archiv. This is not my ansver to your question! This is the mark of Paul Magnus Tenner in combination with the city-mark of St. Petersburg. The assay master is Alexandr Ilych Yaschinkov (1795-1826). https://i.postimg.cc/02CJmGdT/Tenner-St-P.jpg Ten...
by Silverstone
Tue Jul 09, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Some Danish HAM?
Replies: 6
Views: 2947

Re: Some Danish HAM?

Hi idarf, please use a search engine: Try: Stempler i dansk sølv og guld - 1890 - 2018 You can discover the name of the silversmith H.A. Meilsøe and the town Holstebro/Demmark , 1898-1948. I found Hans Andreas Meilsøe in the book Danske guld- og sølvsmedemærke . a) https://i.postimg.cc/wvWSdw7x/ab.j...
by Silverstone
Fri Jul 05, 2024 3:21 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Norwegian Silver Spoon
Replies: 10
Views: 4260

Re: Norwegian Silver Spoon

Hi Pepperonicini,

please excuse me for missing the i in your name.

Take another close look at your spoon or try some changes using a photo-programm.
It may be no. 966, what means 13 1/4 LOT.

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Regards
Silverstone
by Silverstone
Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Scandinavian Silver
Topic: Norwegian Silver Spoon
Replies: 10
Views: 4260

Re: Norwegian Silver Spoon

Hi Pepperoncini,

your spoon was made by Oluf Christian Jørgensen from Drammen/Norway.

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Source: Sigrid Wegge Tandberg, Norsk sølv, Gullsmeder gjennom 600 år, Bergen, Møre og Romsdal, Trøndelag, Nord-Norge, 2003, p. 133

Regards
Silverstone

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