Gotta say, I thought Polish silver and amber before even scrolling down - I started seeing similar designs here in the US in the 1990s, any...
Wow! Just looked at the price on the brooch that Say_it_slowly linked - someone lives in a fantasy world... [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
There should be a sword mark somewhere - the maker's mark shown was used by Gebr. Niekerk from 1970 to '98... ~Cheryl
It appears to be a Finnish import mark, in use 1925-98, though I've only seen it a few times and don't recall the radiating lines (many marks will...
Seller misread it - this is the mark: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
It is David Andersen, his mark and a well-known motif, would suggest a German retailer stamped the crescent & crown, and engraved it as a...
German - Hanau pseudo-marks used by Schleissner & Söhne: https://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_hanau_marks_01.html ~Cheryl
Have done one in several years, but my library sets them up in just a few minutes, time varied for their arrival, believe return time was three...
Hi Patrick, nice to see you here. Thought this was a great piece when I first saw it, and believe you're on the right track with Ann Orr. The...
Nice to see the entire image, it does have appeal when not focusing on the workmanship. Would agree with mid-19th century Berlin-work,...
I started doing needlework as a kid, by my teens was proficient enough at needlepoint to do samples for the packaging photos on very complicated...
Please rest assured that there is no problem whatsoever with these 150+ year old marks, they are known and typical with no connection at all to...
Nice spoon! The firm became 'Tiffany & Co.' in 1853 after Young and Ellis retired, in 1868 Tiffany acquired the Moore firm intending to start...
There's one on eBay, but I see quite a bit of wear, softening the design... https://www.ebay.com/itm/374542711089 ~Cheryl
1891 advertisement (made by Gorham): [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
It is the quality - Gerrit Dirksen (1818-1903) was a German immigrant, a silversmith trained by his father, who was a specialist in filigree work,...
Scenes, people, places, events, names, etc. could all be engraved or acid-etched at local jewelers, but it could also be done by amateurs,...
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It's a Dirksen Filigree spoon, they purchased plain spoons from A.F. Towle & Son and other manufacturers, sometimes they cut off the top of the...
Should note that this is not a hand-wrought spoon, it was die-struck at a factory from their stock of silver, the engraving was poorly done and...
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