German Mark with 13

antiquer · Post by **antiquer** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:48 am

German, believe the piece is circa 1820. Initials look to be FCB. Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
AinA

JAKJO · Post by **JAKJO** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:44 am

Hi and welcome to the forum antiquer,

In my opinion the maker's marks reads FIC or FVC. The town mark is a B.
The standard is 13 lot or 13/16 and that is 812/1000 pure silver.

Hope this helps!

Best regards/JAKJO

Post by **admin** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:03 pm

Hi,
If the B mark is indeed separate and indicates the town, can anyone identify the town? It looks to me as if the top letters are FC, each in a teardrop shaped cartouche similar to the B, but at different angles.
Regards, Tom

Stantheman · Post by **Stantheman** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:34 pm

Similar city mark B was used in 18. century in town Biecz (today Poland)

Theoderich · Post by **Theoderich** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:41 pm

Stantheman wrote:Similar city mark B was used in 18. century in town Biecz (today Poland)

hallo Stantheman
have You some pieces and images from hallmarks from Biecz?
I have some B-marks - but I am not sure
I will open a new Topic.

Stantheman · Post by **Stantheman** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:59 pm

I have never seen any pieces from this town. I wrote what I have read in "Znaki na srebrze" by MichaÅ‚ Gradowski. The author didn't come along any of these pieces either but repeated this attribution after the L. Lepszy "PrzemysÅ‚ zÅ‚otniczy w Polsce" from the 1933. So it's not certain. I would say even doubtful. But the mark shown in his book looks very similar to this B mark.

Best regards

Stantheman · Post by **Stantheman** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:04 pm

But I wonder... Maybe this really is just a fancy master's mark in shape of three-leaf clover. Style of all three letters is pretty much similar.