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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1111992, member: 111"]The 'K' is for the primary assayer Kessner, the 'A' is for the secondary assayer Andreack - I read the mark as 'FWB', generally attributed to Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Borcke (working 1816-39). It's a cake server, dating to the 1820s-'30s, should be at least .750 fineness, and it does look to me like there has been some damage to the top of the handle, with a bit missing...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1111992, member: 111"]The 'K' is for the primary assayer Kessner, the 'A' is for the secondary assayer Andreack - I read the mark as 'FWB', generally attributed to Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Borcke (working 1816-39). It's a cake server, dating to the 1820s-'30s, should be at least .750 fineness, and it does look to me like there has been some damage to the top of the handle, with a bit missing... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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