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Please help ID the marks on a snuff box/spice jar.
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:46 am
by Dmitry
Re: Please help ID the marks on a snuff box/spice jar.
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:00 am
by Theoderich
I'm sorry
I can not find an Makersmark.
There is a crown and halfmoon and 800 = 800/1000.
It is silver vorm Germany after 1888.
http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There is also a french importmark (WEEVIL)
http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
it looks a little bit like a Hanau product - probably Schleissner???
http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_hanau_marks_01.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Kind Regards
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:57 am
by Dmitry
Thank you very much! Your assessment, based on the links you've provided, is most probably correct. Based on that, this piece dates ca. mid to late 1800s. I thought it was of earlier manufacture, based on the faithful rendition of the Baroque bucolic subject matter, but after looking at some fine Hanau-made silver I have no doubt that it is of a date later than I originally envisioned.
Thanks again!