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German Mark with 13
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:48 am
by antiquer
German, believe the piece is circa 1820. Initials look to be FCB. Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
AinA
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:44 am
by JAKJO
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
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:03 pm
by admin
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
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:34 pm
by Stantheman
Similar city mark B was used in 18. century in town Biecz (today Poland)
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:41 pm
by Theoderich
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:59 pm
by Stantheman
I have never seen any pieces from this town. I wrote what I have read in "Znaki na srebrze" by Michał Gradowski. The author didn't come along any of these pieces either but repeated this attribution after the L. Lepszy "Przemysł złotniczy 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
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:04 pm
by Stantheman
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.