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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3736926, member: 111&quot;]Can&#039;t quite make out the initials and symbol(s) in the lozenge-shaped maker&#039;s mark, but if you are referring to the silversmith Paul de Lamerie, he was a Dutch-born English maker of French descent who worked from 1712-51, the head in the chamfered rectangle is a 1st standard (.950) French mark used 1819-38, the oval mark looks to be a re-import guarantee from the same period.&nbsp; Joseph Bonaparte was King of Spain from 1808-13, after two years as King of Naples - by the time this spoon was made, he was living in the U.S.&nbsp; Have no idea what the other mark is, if it even is a mark...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchhallmarks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchhallmarks.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchhallmarks.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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