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silver candlesnuffer Hamburg?
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:37 am
by ktiggeloven
Hi
could somebody help me decypher the marks on this candle snuffer I bought. The mark looks to be Hamburg (but a little hard to date exactly). There is an 818 below the mark, and a maker's mark that looks like the one from Matthias Fisscher. Does anybody know whether is is indeed Hamburg, or when it dates>
Thanks in advance,
Kasper
Re: silver candlesnuffer Hamburg?
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:58 am
by dognose
Hi Kasper,
Not Hamburg, but Genoa. The date would be 1818.
I'll move the topic to 'Other Countries'.
Trev.
Re: silver candlesnuffer Hamburg?
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:08 am
by ktiggeloven
perfect, thanks. Anybody any ideas on the maker?
Thanks in advance.
Re: silver candlesnuffer Hamburg?
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:15 am
by dognose
Unless that triangular mark represents a maker, there appears to be not one present.
Trev.
Re: silver candlesnuffer Hamburg?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 5:22 pm
by ktiggeloven
The little type of round mark above the triangular mark I thought might be a maker's mark. It looks to be a fish. Maybe I am imagening things, but it is a mark struck (whereas the triangular marks are part of the fabrication).
Thanks for the help so far.
Re: silver candlesnuffer Hamburg?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:29 pm
by dognose
The dolphin is a Genoese mark, not a maker's mark.
Trev.
Re: silver candlesnuffer Hamburg?
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:55 am
by ktiggeloven
ok thank you, I didn't know whether both mark were for Genoa. Thanks for your help.