Need help ID'ing candlesticks - European?

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Mcflurry
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Need help ID'ing candlesticks - European?

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According to family legend, these were brought over to the U.S. from Hungary by my ancestors around 1900. That's all we know about them. Any help deciphering where these came from would be much appreciated. I searched extensively online and didn't find any reference to the marks.

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silverfan
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The candlesticks were produced in Berlin, Germany in the nineteenth century.
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Mcflurry
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Thanks -- do you know any more than that, like the name of the silver maker?
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on your photo there is only the town mark of Berlin with the letter K indicating the time around 1840 and the letter B for the assay master. There should be another mark for the maker. Look carefully if you find one.
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Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

See here for the Berlin mark that Silverfan has identified: http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_b1884.html

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there was an article from blakstone about Berlin dateletters

http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... ght=berlin
Last edited by oel on Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: corrected link
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