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Swiss mark ?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:08 am
by mysterling
Hello,
I ask help for this mark becouse I have try to reserche but nothing..
Thanks for help
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Re: Swiss mark ?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:30 am
by dognose
Hi,
Gebruder Hepp of Pforzheim.
Can you capture a more overhead view of the crest?
Trev.
Re: Swiss mark ?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:58 am
by mysterling
Thanks Trev!
I add new image about crest.
I have see that was producer of silver plated but I have tester with acid 2 times and is silver and not silver plateed, is possible?
Many Thanks
Re: Swiss mark ?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:18 am
by dognose
Thank you for the extra image.
The piece appears to be from a hotel at Lake Maloja, Engadine, Switzerland. Gebruder Hepp were well-known for their high quality silverware that was supplied to hotels, shipping lines, etc. I suspect the generous thickness of the plating may be giving you a false reading.
Trev.
Re: Swiss mark ?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:31 am
by mysterling
Many Thanks Trev!
Re: Swiss mark ?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:39 am
by dognose
It would be good to see the thoughts of others, but I think that may be a mirror monogram, HKM, is so, then this is the likely hotel:
Hotel Kursaal Maloja - Haute Engadine - 1902
Trev.
Re: Swiss mark ?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:55 am
by AG2012
Trev
generous thickness of the plating may be giving you a false reading
Right, this is what happens with testing stone and acid.
The only reliable method is to file deep enough, but not too deep to damage the piece, and done where it cannot be seen (easily polished and buffed after testing).Clean the dust to make sure there are no remnants of silver and then apply very small drop of testing acid directly to filed area. The difference in color will be clearly seen.