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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 51942, member: 44&quot;]Baker, I&#039;m surprised also. Yes, these marks are for French silver plate. At the moment am traveling so don&#039;t have Tardy with me. BTW, that is a combination of 2 marks. The top mark is the 10 with something small high and to the right. It could be small G or Gr over a dot standing for 10 grams. Then again it may be a X. Anyhow, the 10 stands for the thickness of the silverplate. The rectangle has the maker&#039;s initials. French silverplate maker&#039;s mark are in rectangles while the maker&#039;s marks of French equivalent to sterling are in diamonds. The HK is the maker&#039;s initials. As I don&#039;t have Tardy with me I can&#039;t tell you what Double and the cricket represent. Following is a link to a French silverplate plateau. It has the same 10 mark and a rectangle/square mark: Double, cricket, and the initials CB for Charles Balaine.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rauantiques.com/item/French-Silver-Plate-and-Eglomise-Plateau-by-Charles-Balaine.30-0974.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rauantiques.com/item/French-Silver-Plate-and-Eglomise-Plateau-by-Charles-Balaine.30-0974.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rauantiques.com/item/French-Silver-Plate-and-Eglomise-Plateau-by-Charles-Balaine.30-0974.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I found it hard to see the pic of the marks on my iPad because it is a slide show. I was able to copy paste the marks pic.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]13118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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