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It is Swiss, Basel.
Johann Philipp Knickmeyer, around 1850.
Regards
Jörg

It is Biel, Switzerland ("Biel" is Swiss German for Axe, German Beil). SW is the maker, however, I do not find a match. The F with crown is a control mark from the city of Berne, also applied to foreign items. Biel only became part of the canton Berne after 1815, before it was semi indepen...

Yes, Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Maker is Jonas De Belly, 1726-1810, master 1747.
Can we also have here some pictures of the whole item?
Source: Orfeverie Neuchateloise du XVII au XX siecle. Neuchatel historic mueseum, 1993.

Nice find
Jörg

This is a tricky one. Yes, it looks very much like Lausanne, Papus & Dautun, active from 1760 (1762) to 1793. Both were immigrants from France. However, all the many marks recorded do not bear the crown on top, but either nothing or a 5 pointed star. See "L'argenterie lausannoise des XVIII ...

Spoons with this type of shovel are used (here in Switzerland, do not know about other countries) to scoop and measure tea.
Regards
Jörg

Hi and thank you for your replies All 3 items have a "800" on the handle. Easy to recognize on the knife, harder to decipher on the other two items. To the function, Bahner proposed butter and cheese, confirmed by bijoux expert. Aguest calls it cheese / pate spreader, which goes in the sam...

Oih! I forgot to reply!
Dear shikiamondo, thank you very much for your reply and your help.
Kind regards, Jörg

I have this set of three items in a box, in the middle a table knife, left and right the two unknown item. What is the function of the two items? (I am aware the knife is a replacement, but from the shape of the middle cavity in the box I presume the original item was a similar knife. Thank you Jörg...

Hi You could check out the website of Koch & Bergfeld. They are still active. You will find the pattern name is "Barock", and it is in production since 1916. It also tell you what their maker mark means, you will find it in the section "Hallmarks". To narrow the age more, you...

Hi Legrandmogol Forum Member Stecci (Angelo Steccanella) wrote a brochure "Goldschmiede von Herisau AR" in 2013. The brochure is availabele as free download from his homepage. Just google his name and the first hit is his page. He list an unknown silversmith "MH", active around 1...

A Büttenmann, a lot of them are made in Switzerland or attributed to Swiss silversmith. Most of them have the vessel, the Bütte, made of silver and the man is carved from wood. Or also the Bütte is wood only with some silver mounting, decoration. 17th century Büttenmänner are rare, 17th century Bütt...

Oh! That was fast!
Thank you very much.
Jörg

Dear Forum Members Can you help me with this small ladle? On the back of the stem we have a nice large mark of a ship and two times punched "C I"? It is engraved with "C D 1827" and handcut decorations. The bowl is gilded, but the gilding is flakeing off. From the look of the bow...

Soory for being late...

Thank you, Trev, this makes sense.
Jörg

I have these 6 small knives, 15 cm long. They are made of plastic, or tortoise shell, or maybe horn. The handle is very small and short, too small for my hands. The blade is weak. What are they for? Thank you Jörg https://abload.de/img/20231126_104631vkde3.jpg https://abload.de/img/20231126_104528lx...

Maybe Venus and Cupid?

Hi Krisztián and Traintime
thank you very much in solving this one.
Regards, Jörg

Hi I found this spoon on a flea market in Switzerland. So there is no context. It has marks pointing to the Austrian Empire, unfortunately the marks are incomplete. On the Radelpunze, the 13 Lot is visible and the two numbers on the left of the wheel. I read a "1" on the top (as it should ...

Switzerland, Berne, Atelier Rehfues.
Search in the forum for Rehfues.
Regards
Jörg

Hi amena
there is a makers mark on the blade.
Why don't you ask in a specialist knive forum about the blade mark? There are some competent fora out there.
The ivory "Herma" with the little putto on the back looks like baroque, maybe late 1600 or early 1700.
Regards
Jörg