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A Austrian ladle with ? D. Jonas. Name is possible A. D. Jonas. Is this Adolph Jonas of Vienna. Stamped for 800 silver and difficult to tell, but does not appear to have a city mark. About 70 grams. Can anyone date and identify maker? Hopefully, these images embed correctly!

city mark is in the diana mark behind her head is a number this states the silver content. In front of her face is a letter. This letter states city.
I cannot read what letter it is but A is Wienna, B is Buda etc etc

Hi Neurorocker,

Well done with the images.

See here: http://www.925-1000.com/Faustria_02.html For the Austrian assay letter codes that Hose_dk mentions.

Trev.

Yes, I finally got under a 10x. The mark is quite faint, but it appeare to be an A for the Vienna assay, and the quality mark is 3 -- 800 silver. So, anyone have an idea as to maker and year?

Based on the angle and script of the 3, it falls into the post 1872 category.

Here's a close-up

To me, from the chart here http://www.925-1000.com/Faustria_02.html it looks like its from the period 1872 - 1922

Yes. Post-1872. I concur.

The noted Vienna addresses of Adolf Jonas:

Rothenthurmstaße 6 (1873-1881)

Wipplingerstraße 4 (1882-1883)

Rothenthurmstaße 6 (1882-1891)

His registered mark was a horizontal oval with the Antique letters AJ.

Trev.

Hey Trev,

That's interesting. So how would you attribute the mark?

Thanks,
Nate

Hi Nate,

I have very little in the way of Austrian references, I was passed the address details by a friend.

A retailer mark perhaps?

Trev.