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Help with makers mark, French silver tray
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:10 pm
by kurban
Need help identifying the maker. Thanks for looking...
Re: Help with makers mark, French silver tray
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:55 pm
by wolfgang
Mark of Jean-Guillaume Vealle, maitre Paris 1754, still working in 1761.
regards
wolfgang
Re: Help with makers mark, French silver tray
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:11 pm
by kurban
Thanks for the quick response. Much appreciated...
Re: Help with makers mark, French silver tray
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:41 am
by Agman
Actually, those are fake 18th-century French marks of a type that is unfortunately all too frequently seen. Your item was most likely made in Hanau, Germany, around 1900.
Re: Help with makers mark, French silver tray
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:22 am
by JayT
Spot on. Neither the style or the marks are French 18th C.