Could anyone please help with the markings on this sifter? Also any clue to country would be fantastic.
Thanks,
James
Help with hallmark. Silver or Plated? What Country
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Help with hallmark. Silver or Plated? What Country
Hi there,
Could anyone please help with the markings on this sifter? Also any clue to country would be fantastic.
Thanks,
James
Could anyone please help with the markings on this sifter? Also any clue to country would be fantastic.
Thanks,
James
Re: Help with hallmark. Silver or Plated? What Country
Hi, great images.
It appears to be a Dutch silver sifter and made in Schoonhoven, silver guild city mark of Schoonhoven, de-formed/worn being; four lions rampant facing left in a shield. Somehow the assayer managed to struck the date letter, being W, partly over the city mark; W for 1771, 2nd standard of silver (833/000) or 83.3% pure silver.
Maker’s mark BS for; Bartholomeus Smits, registered in the city of Schoonhoven from 1756-1803. Bartholomeus Smits known maker of cutlery and famous for sifters. Typical for Schoonhoven sifters; light in weight and the spoon handle ending in a cut out contour of a bird with engraved details.
Oel.
It appears to be a Dutch silver sifter and made in Schoonhoven, silver guild city mark of Schoonhoven, de-formed/worn being; four lions rampant facing left in a shield. Somehow the assayer managed to struck the date letter, being W, partly over the city mark; W for 1771, 2nd standard of silver (833/000) or 83.3% pure silver.
Maker’s mark BS for; Bartholomeus Smits, registered in the city of Schoonhoven from 1756-1803. Bartholomeus Smits known maker of cutlery and famous for sifters. Typical for Schoonhoven sifters; light in weight and the spoon handle ending in a cut out contour of a bird with engraved details.
Oel.