Last one tonight. Antique children's pair of 900 silver fork and knife. Need help reading monogram.

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  1. Doot Boi

    Doot Boi Well-Known Member

    Got a worn monogram here, hoping that with the age and the fact it's old silver, I got a good surname here. Manages to work out it begins with F and ends with K so far.

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  2. Doot Boi

    Doot Boi Well-Known Member

  3. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    It looks like "Frank" to me.
     
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  4. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Did you get the 900 fineness from testing or is there a 900 stamp not shown?

    What country do you think they are from? The 2 punches surrounding the W are a mystery to me.
     
  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Just wondering, what does a good surname mean to you?
    The glare of the flash goes right through the name. Could you take a photo without flash, in daylight and against a white background?

    I tried to tweak the marks so you wouldn't see all those coloured pixels. Looks like there are letters or other details on either side of the W and the object on the right (oil lamp? vase?).
    IIW....

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  6. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Idle guess is that in this context "good surname" means legible and traceable.
     
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  7. laura9797

    laura9797 Well-Known Member

    any chance it is pewter?
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Does anyone read the mark on the left as 13? As in 13 Lot?
    If it is 13 Lot, it wouldn't be .900 though, but .812.

    I thought it was a fish at first.;)
     
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  9. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I was thinking smooshed Maltese cross.
     
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  10. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    If this is a children's set, that's likely a first name.
     
  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Or a butterfly.
     
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  12. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Looked like Sarah to me! :hilarious:
     
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  13. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    That's what I see, too.
     
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  14. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Odd pattern for children? Can we see the full items and reference for size?
     
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  15. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Not having seen the whole items yet, I'm thinking "youth size" rather than what we think of today as "child size."
     
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