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Hi!
I bought this little creamer some time ago, and I have tried hard to find out about the marks. There is the Swedish "cat foot" , but the other marks look rather funny. Fantasy marks? Hanau? The piece looks old, it is rather heavy. On a Swedish forum like this, it was suggested that the creamer is
imported and probably not very old.
Can I get some more information on this forum? Thanks in advance!

Congratulations! These appear to be perfectly genuine 18th century Swiss marks. The mark on the right is the city arms of Geneva above “PL”, the mark of the assay warden Pierre Lossier, 1774-1776, indicating a fineness of 11 deniers (.916). The mark on the left — “FB”, crowned, with a star — is that of Geneva maker François Barbier (1718-1798), Master 1749. I assume the Swedish mark is, as suggested, functioning as an import or resale mark.

Nice piece!

Ref: Pierre-François de Vevey, Manuel des Orfèvres de Suisse Romande (Fribourg: Sotheby’s Office du Livre, 1985), pp. 56 & 70, mark 239a.

Blakstone!
Thank you so very much, that was a very nice surprise! I didn't have access to the relevant reference literature.
Great!

The Swedish three crown mark also called "cat's paw" was used as an import mark before 1913. This to verify the suggestions. As from 1.1.1913 to 1.7.1988 the shield of the Swedish import mark was changed to an oval.

What a find!