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Good evening
Another one of today's find. Also thought it was silver plated. After cleaning it had a Naples mark on it. I am not certain of the maker. It looks something like PRETA. Any help will be welcome.

Groete
Jannie

Good evening. Is silver from this area and period not well known? Can't seem to find much information online or on this site.

Groete
Jannie

Yes, is Salvatore Preta

Best regards
Amena

Furthermore, it can be said that the assayer can be Paolo de Blasio or Gennaro Mannara.

In fact, it is not clear from the photo whether the bar on the N is straight or wavy.
Best
Amena

amena wrote:Furthermore, it can be said that the assayer can be Paolo de Blasio or Gennaro Mannara.

In fact, it is not clear from the photo whether the bar on the N is straight or wavy.
Best
Amena

Thank you for helping me pinning it down. I will check what the bar through N is doing and update

Groete
Jannie

amena wrote:Furthermore, it can be said that the assayer can be Paolo de Blasio or Gennaro Mannara.

In fact, it is not clear from the photo whether the bar on the N is straight or wavy.
Best
Amena

It is the wavy bar going through the N

Groete
Jannie

I opt for wavy line.
Although I cannot say I have seen many Naples marks, the logic is as follows: if the only difference was wavy vs. straight line, one would expect the utmost care to punch adequate line to make the difference. Therefore, this is wavy line.
Regards

AG2012 wrote:I opt for wavy line.
Although I cannot say I have seen many Naples marks, the logic is as follows: if the only difference was wavy vs. straight line, one would expect the utmost care to punch adequate line to make the difference. Therefore, this is wavy line.
Regards

So few examples to compare the assayer with. Can't find much about maker too. But now at least we know the maker was working after 1832.
Still not bad for a spoon I got as silver plated.
Groete
Jannie