Sugar tong in silver from Pragh

Hose_dk · Post by **Hose_dk** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:05 pm

Pragh (Prague) it is - diana mark without city. Seperate city mark cannot be seen on photo but it is C

maker could be FM or IM or ?M

blakstone · Post by **blakstone** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:43 pm

As I mentioned in one of your other posts, there is very little published information on 19th century Prague silversmiths. However, the city mark in a separate punch here indicates a date between 1866 and 1872. (The city mark was included inside the “Dianakopf” from 1872 onward.) Happily, there is a gold & silversmith listed in an 1865 Prague directory named Franz Miesler; indeed he is the only silversmith there whose surname begins with “M”. Though I have no other information on him, I feel reasonably confident he must be the “FM” here.

Hose_dk · Post by **Hose_dk** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:00 am

Thanks - I want to know as much as possible. So now I got the name also. thanks again.