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I have a set of spoons with these marks - I found out who 'RAMU' was, but can't find the mark with the 3 over RD over star.




I will post all the weird marks I've found on a bunch of inherited silver. It's fun to try to learn about them so thanks ahead for the help!

Here's another pic showing the marks better.

Hi

The spoon is from Jean-Pierre-Louis RAMU-Dufour (1796-1852). The other mark is the "fineness mark". 3 is for 3eme titre, so 800/1000 purity. In the System in use in Geneva between 1815 and 1881, normally a lions head was used on the 800 purity mark. However, also the makers Initials were in use. So RD stands for RAMU-DUFOUR.
You can date your Piece around 1850.

Kind regards

Jörg