Need help to ID mark on silver seal

burchard · Post by **burchard** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:55 pm

Hi, This is a silver and glass seal, very tiny marks so hope someone out there can help me to ID them. The person it came from said it was French but I can't match the marks to the French page here. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Danna

Post by **admin** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:18 pm

Wonderful seal. It was made by Georg Adam Scheid in Vienna. The dog head standard mark is for .800 silver and was used ca. 1886-1921 in Austria-Hungary. Is the center shaft rock crystal?

Regards, Tom

burchard · Post by **burchard** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:10 pm

Thank you very much. I kept thinking it was a dog head but couldn't find a match. I'm just calling it glass because rather it was better then I think instead of worse. I don't see any air bubbles which would mean glass to me and don't know how else to tell.
Thanks again, Danna

frenchie_myriam · Post by **frenchie_myriam** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:22 pm

Hello there, Normally if it is crystal of this age, it should be a little bit yellowish in colour as the content of tin was different than today which makes it very white.

I concur, it is a gorgeous piece

Best Regards
Myriam

Waylander · Post by **Waylander** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:23 pm

A magnificent piece!

Waylander