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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3363394, member: 111&quot;]I also think it&#039;s German.&nbsp; The .835 fineness would typically date from the 1920s or later, some manufacturers used it past the mid 20th century, it&#039;s often found on Modernist jewelry, as well as other silver, and I know prolific maker Christoph Widmann, probably best known for their version of Hildesheimer Rose flatware, used it into at least the 1980s...</p><p><br /></p><p>As already said, German silver, after the 1884 law passed and then became mandatory in 1888, was required to be at least .800 fineness, assay was not required, marks were not required, but the crescent &amp; crown Reichsmark indicated it met the standard, and it was stamped by the makers, the reason there is such a wide variety of different Reichsmarks (will say that every piece of German silver from the late 19th century or later that I&#039;ve had tested by XRF spectrometry, including Hanau, met or exceeded .800 or the stamped fineness).&nbsp; Among the numeric stamps that might be found on German silver above 800 are 830, 835, 925, 935, and 950...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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