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The last mark on the list of unattributed Hanau marks also looks like it could be similar to mine. "Pyr and Basket".

Thanks for the quick reply. I have to admit I don't know the first thing about Hanau silver. I think I am practically intimidated by it. The marks are meaningless to me. I will have to do some homework. Did Hanau also make silverplate or just silver?

Chaya

A friend asked me to research what appears to be a small sugar bowl. Rococo style, with a courting couple and cherubs. The bowl stands on four legs and has handles. Although some of the work seems quite fine, the edges are quite sharp, the legs and some of the designs look a bit crude. The interior ...

Hallmark is the name of the company.

The top says "Migdal David", that's the Tower of David found in the old city. Underneath is the tower, and under that is says Jerusalem. The shaft of the spoon and fork say Israel. The bowl of the spoon again says Jerusalem with a cityscape scene. Sorry I can't help you with age or history...

Majestic - 1894

On a previous thread concerning the letter "p" in a diamond, someone contributed the fact that the "p" stands for "place". Meaning, that this piece was place size, larger than luncheon size but smaller than dinner size.
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I knew I was on shaky ground with the name of the flower. Thanks for the correction.
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OK, I think this is one of the series of flower spoons called Harlequin by Reed and Barton. Don't hold me up to this - but I think this one is Primrose.
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Looks like Simons Brothers - Philadelphia

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I found a pattern called Lombardy by Wendell. It looks awfully similar to me. Anybody out there want to comment on this?
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bon bon spoon
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The marking looks to me like something from Kirk, Stieff, or another of the Baltimore silversmiths, but I did not find the pattern.
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Can we get a bigger shots?
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sorry, bon bon spoon
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looks like a bob-bob spoon
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Yes, there actually is a pattern called Repousse. I think there were several different productions of Repousse patterns, all with different flowers. And even within one set the flowers change from one piece to the next.
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Repousse
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I only copied what I saw on Replacement's website. They probably attributed that pattern to the wrong year. They don't know everything, even if they think they do. And after all, there is a human at the keyboard.

Good call. You beat me to it. I was having trouble logging in to reply. I haven't yet figured out why I have to log in so many times when I think I am already logged in.