Hallmarks on a pair of candlesticks - Silver? Portugal?
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:54 pm
Hello everybody! Following the guidelines, I am posting this here because, even though I suspect it is silver, I am not 100% sure.
I am a student from Argentina now living in Chicago. Traveled avidly all over the world and developed a fascination and taste for art/antiques through my parents.
I have several pieces I inherited from my mom and I am trying to trace the origin of each of them.
Here is the first one: I have spent the entire weekend trying, unsuccessfully, to identify these marks. I am hoping someone with more experience can guide me in the right direction. Is it silver at all? Portugal, maybe?
PHOTOS DETAILS:
LEFT: Crowned "P"
RIGHT: IPC? JPC ? I J C ?


Thank you very much in advance.
I am a student from Argentina now living in Chicago. Traveled avidly all over the world and developed a fascination and taste for art/antiques through my parents.
I have several pieces I inherited from my mom and I am trying to trace the origin of each of them.
Here is the first one: I have spent the entire weekend trying, unsuccessfully, to identify these marks. I am hoping someone with more experience can guide me in the right direction. Is it silver at all? Portugal, maybe?
PHOTOS DETAILS:
LEFT: Crowned "P"
RIGHT: IPC? JPC ? I J C ?


Thank you very much in advance.