please help,hall mark????

kayhen35 · Post by **kayhen35** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:41 pm

hi,i have a small salt/pepper,well some sort of shaker,it has a rounded top.it has the letter D written on the front in a fancy way.there is a half crescent,crown 800 on the bottom followed by what looks like half a circle with 5 points coming out of it with a dot in the archway of the semi circle.i hope someone can help identify this

kayhen35 · Post by **kayhen35** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:45 pm

it also has the name sonnichsen above the marks

georgiansilver · Post by **georgiansilver** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:58 am

Please look at the German hallmarks on this site. Best wishes, Mike.

kayhen35 · Post by **kayhen35** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:10 pm

hi,i have and cannot find it.

georgiansilver · Post by **georgiansilver** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:54 pm

The crescent, crown and 800 sound like late German marks, have you checked post 1884 marks for Germany? Best wishes, Mike.

Post by **admin** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:16 pm

Hi Kayhen,
Sorry, the mark you are looking for is not amongst the German marks listed on the website, and I do not know the maker. Given time, it may be identified by another member.
Best, Tom

Bahner · Post by **Bahner** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:16 pm

Hello, SÃ¶nnichsen was a jeweller and retailer near Hamburg, active in the 19th and 20th century. He just sold this. Can You post at least a drawing of the mark ? Whithout a pic this is too much guesswork. There are several makers with marks similiar to the one You described. Best wishes, Baner

kayhen35 · Post by **kayhen35** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:36 pm

its best described as a half circle rising sun with 5 rays coming off it and a dot underneath.