'Pure Silver' is used like we'd use 'Solid Silver' for the various qualities of alloyed silver, wouldn't be 'Fine Silver' for your pieces - worked...
Good memories, INH - and I'm still sorting through her stuff (so many swans), that spoon and all the other silver swans will stay in my...
Awww, that thread has my late Mom's Jamie Linton swan salt spoon... ~Cheryl
They would be from India, used to see that decoration quite a bit, but had a hard time tracking one down now (I think these are marked 'SILVER', a...
But it doesn't affect the person being ignored, they don't even know, or care for that matter... ~Cheryl
They're also offering some 'Eva Braun Berghof' glassware (looks like someone discovered glass etching paste): [ATTACH] Glassware solds:...
So, adding to this because a while back, someone contacted me via private message on another site , asking how sure I was of the information...
Sell on eBay as 'haunted jug', possibly holding the remains of celebrity mouse 'Jerry', his apparition said to have been seen by some......
Ughhh, even after all these years and with a pretty well protected 'puter, still hesitate a bit when I click on them... ~Cheryl
Heh, desperation drove me to try it after those jerks went back and ruined all their old images (have angry feelings toward them for that, as well...
This post is from an old thread on 925-1000 that has lost its images, but Blakstone addresses the 'crowned F' mark: [ATTACH] And a bit more...
If you click on the watermarked images, it usually takes you to the original image... ~Cheryl
Ah, you found it, was pretty sure it was the Bern bear... (No real research on the Jezler mark - prolific maker, so I knew it.) ~Cheryl
The .800 piece is Swiss by Jezler - still trying to focus on the other marks (darn old eyes)... ~Cheryl
Heh, Mom always said we were from 'good peasant stock', though sure she just said that because of our physical sturdiness, but nice to know we're...
Hehe, back at you AJ! Didn't even know in my youth that I've a bit of Dutch blood in me from my mother's side, 17th century New Netherland...
Eh, gave me something useful to do at 3:30 in the morning while hoping for sleep to come back my way. Sweet pieces, I've a weakness for Dutch...
Maker's mark on #2 might be 'JS 189' for Johannes Schijfsma Jz., Woudsend/Sneek, 1848-1902 ~Cheryl
Correct maker on #1, date letter for 1885. Can't quite get the maker on #2, but date letter for 1875. Maker on #3 was S.R. Zijlstra, Drachten,...
'2G' isn't particularly uncommon on small French silverplate holloware items like this - can't make out the manufacturer... ~Cheryl
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