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silver galleon
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:39 am
by wills
Could anyone please give us some ideas as to the origin of this silver galleon? - someone has suggested a portuguese link but we don't know anything about it other than it was given to my great grandfather to settle a debt. It's sails are at present not attached but one of them is shown in the photo
many thanks
Wills
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:25 pm
by blakstone
The marks you show are London import marks for 1927, which may or may not be concurrent with manufacture; I think they are. It's definitely a revivalist piece and looks distinctly German to me. Barring any other marks or better close-up photos, my best guess would be Hanau, Germany, first quarter 20th century, the time and place where these "historical" silver pieces were made in abundance.