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Silver book binding

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:06 pm
by niceguy1
HI

A friend of mine has recently bought this nice silver mounted Hebrew bible. It was printed in one of the Famous Hebrew presses in Amsterdam circa 1680 & has these three hallmarks.

Who might be the maker? & where was It made?

THANKS

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Re: Silver book binding

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:39 am
by R ingo
Hello niceguy1,
the eagle is the city mark from Frankfurt, the last mark "IIL" (upside down) ist the mark of Johann Jakob Löschhorn (1740-1787), goldsmith in Frankfurt (W. Scheffler, Hessen, p.312).
Concerning the other mark I have no idea.

Regards,
Ringo

Re: Silver book binding

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 11:26 am
by oel
Hi,

Herewith from Theodrich's site:

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FrankfurtMain 1770 Johann Jacob Loeschhorn
http://silberpunze.freehost.ag/index.php?id=38


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FrankfurtMain 1690 SvH unsicher

Best,

Peter

Re: Silver book binding

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:07 pm
by Theoderich
are there better images of the makersmark?
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the hallmark is about from 1690

but I can not see, which initials are on the makersmark

Re: Silver book binding

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:04 pm
by niceguy1
Thanks all

These are the best pics my friend could make of this mark.

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Re: Silver book binding

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:36 am
by oel
@ niceguy,

Hi, we would like to see an enhanced image of the other "clover" like mark; FrankfurtMain 1690 SvH unsicher ( not sure). To see if it has any initials or signs.


Peter

Re: Silver book binding

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:50 am
by Theoderich
oel wrote:@ niceguy,

Hi, we would like to see an enhanced image of the other "clover" like mark(FrankfurtMain 1690 SvH unsicher ( not sure)) to see if it has any initials or signs.


Peter

Probably the mark have no initials but 3 stars. It is not easy to identify the maker.