The internet is filled with misinformation, and that source you reference is sort of amazing in its confidently stated nonsense regarding the use...
1962 advertisement: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Have very little time to look around, but here is a very different piece, and though the images are a bit unclear, the maker's mark appears to be...
Unlikely to be by the Danish firm Hans Jensen, not the type of piece they produced, nor is the mark anything I've seen on a Hans Jensen piece, and...
Hehe, exactly my thinking! Those are just the back of the motifs on the front... Ummm, there are Protestant Bishops... ~Cheryl
1914 catalog page showing special order Bishops' pectoral crosses: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Sorry - forgot to say, looks like a reliquary pectoral cross, probably held a bit of the true cross... ~Cheryl
Looks like a Gorham 14K gold mark to me, but appears to be struck upside down in relation to the other marks - the 'X' prefix with letters rather...
Just to share, this is my mid 20th century Ifugao dipper/ladle with squatting male bulul, not near as nice as the earlier one I posted above, but...
Perhaps Filipino Ifugao 'bululs': https://uw.pressbooks.pub/criticalfilipinxamericanhistories/chapter/chelsea-daugard/ [ATTACH]...
Just a note from an old shell collector, those are Murex pecten, commonly called 'Venus comb' (packed away somewhere, have a decent collection of...
Their website, if you haven't already found it: https://www.newbridgesilverware.com/ ~Cheryl
To my eye, appears to be their typical quality......
Eh, looks original to me - just as it came from the manufacturer... ~Cheryl
In the same spirit as your post: "At certain times, it would be better" to recognize hallmarks and that Hanau silver was imported to England,...
Eh, not much for conspiracy theories, and a bit confused by mention of a 'fake lion passant', so can only say there is nothing wrong with the...
It is a cute little creamer - here's the best I have on that mark, haven't really done any further research on it, even though I picked up a few...
Sami/Saami reindeer bone pipe... ~Cheryl
Believe it's this mark: https://www.rubylane.com/item/426534-9044Art/2-Aksel-Holmsen-Norway-Sterling-Silver?search=1&t=513ccae0 [ATTACH]...
Bit unclear on my phone - Aksel Holmsen? ~Cheryl
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