silver Hallmarks Germany 19th Century?

Hello.


Just wondering if anyone could identify this silver Hallmarks.?



I think from Germany in the first half of the 19th century!

33cm

1,5kg totaly.



Thanks.

 

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https://www.antiquers.com/threads/german-silver-marks-berlin-date-please.39593/
quoting @DragonflyWink :
Concerning Schwäbisch Gmünd marks - from Rosenberg's 'Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Vol. 2, Deutschland, D-M' (1923), showing some variants and noting the 19th century change in marks (also noted in Tardy):

 

About the unicorn mark, it says that it was used at the beginning of the mid 19th century. So your guesstimate of the first half of the 19th century is pretty close.

13 1/4 is the fineness, 13 1/4 Lot.
13 Lot is .812 millessimal fineness, 13 1/4 Lot must be close to .830, the much used German fineness after the introduction of the millessimal system of marking.

 

Thank you very much, but I still haven't been able to find the silversmith who made this; it's very difficult to find him.

 

Schwäbisch Gmünd is one of those very prolific silvertowns, where at one stage most families were involved in the manufacture of silver items.

But @DragonflyWink has already been tagged, she may be able to tell you more.

 

@silvermakersmarks ........ any thoughts?

 

Can't really add much, the 19th century Schwäbisch Gmünd unicorn is pretty distinctive, though I do find the fractional '13¼' löth (.828) mark atypical for German silver, it's fairly common on Norwegian silver and occasionally Danish as well, but would expect to see just '13' (or a '12' or even much less common '14' on this piece). The other marks are a bit too difficult for these old eyes to discern (and might not be familiar to me anyway), can only post a similar 1850 unicorn mark:




~Cheryl

 

Thank you very much for the information, I wish you a good weekend.

I think I should also take a look at Norwegian silver makers.

 

Couldn't hurt, but despite the atypical löth mark, believe it's more likely Schwäbisch Gmünd. You might consider posting it in the German forum at 925-1000 - the source of the 1850 image I posted is a member there and knows more about old German marks than anyone I know...

https://www.925-1000.com/forum/index.php

https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10

~Cheryl

 

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