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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 51913, member: 59"]I'm surprised that query got not a single reply. Not even a "Sorry, can't help."</p><p><br /></p><p>If I saw this in person, I would assume these were French silverplate marks because the cartouche shape is right and that 10 would represent the plating quantity. I tried to see if there was an HK with grasshopper (or cricket) maker's mark in the French silversmiths list on silvercollection.it, but had no luck. Of course that may simply mean that your mark isn't French. But since that list is for smiths of solid silver items, it may simply be a case of a plater who did not work in solid silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 51913, member: 59"]I'm surprised that query got not a single reply. Not even a "Sorry, can't help." If I saw this in person, I would assume these were French silverplate marks because the cartouche shape is right and that 10 would represent the plating quantity. I tried to see if there was an HK with grasshopper (or cricket) maker's mark in the French silversmiths list on silvercollection.it, but had no luck. Of course that may simply mean that your mark isn't French. But since that list is for smiths of solid silver items, it may simply be a case of a plater who did not work in solid silver.[/QUOTE]
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