posted 08-02-2006 05:56 AM            

Can anybody help me to identify the makers mark in the image.

posted 08-02-2006 09:49 AM            

I am assuming this is on a piece of gold jewelry. I am familiar with this maker. But first, do you mind telling us about your interest in silver (or gold) and posting an image of the entire item?

posted 08-02-2006 11:51 AM            

why do you need an image of the entire item?

The makers mark is applied on a silver collier (800/1000 parts silver).

We have a little analytical laboratory in Styria, Austria, specialized on assaying precious items. The items are tested on touchstone or by XRF, sometimes we need a fire assay for gold or a potentiometric assay for silver.

We have a lot of customers and sometimes they ask us for an (old) hallmark or a makers mark too.
If you have a question about Austrian hallmarking, I will try to help you.

Enough for the first time?

posted 08-03-2006 02:45 AM            

The most items I have to assay bear a makers mark or/and a hallmark. Many years ago I was served in an Austrian Assay Office for a long time and there is risen my interest on hallmarks and others.

I'm collecting images or bitmaps of hallmarks in Europe. The results are shown in: Foreign Hallmarks [als.8ung.at/Punzen.htm - Gone from the Internet]

If you find I violate the rules of this forum, so post it in a reply, I will accept it and I would never post anything in the future.

posted 08-03-2006 12:15 PM            

The format has been abused over the years and the information here is shared freely by the members without pay. We are here to learn and share. We like to see the items that are posted in their entirety so that we too can enjoy them and also learn. It sounds as if your interest is also in sharing and learning and I welcome you and your knowledge of Austrian marks and the assaying practices there.

Sincerely,
Fred

posted 08-25-2006 11:54 AM            

Impressum

Andreas Daub GmbH + Co. KG
Esslinger Strasse 16
D-75179 Pforzheim

Telefon: +49 7231 142 96-0
Fax: +49 7231 142 96-28
Email: info@andreas-daub.com

Internet: www.andreas-daub.com
Verantwortlich für den Inhalt gemäß § 6 MDStV: Kurt Daub, Thomas Walter

Persönlich haftender Gesellschafter: Daub Beteiligungs GmbH, Handelsregister Pforzheim HRB 4037
Vertretungsberechtigte Geschäftsführer: Karl Adolf Daub, Hermann Daub, Kurt Daub

Registergericht: Amtsgericht Pforzheim
Registernummer: Handelsregister Pforzheim HRA 121
Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer gemäß § 27 a Umsatzsteuergesetz: DE 144178527

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Company history

Continuous management

Over 130 years ago Andreas Daub lay the foundation stone of one of the World's most important jewellery manufacturing companies. Even as a young goldsmith he recognized that the city of Pforzheim, already known as a traditional place of jewellery production, offered a lot of opportunities for the industrial production of jewellery with a window onto the international market place.

At the beginning of the last century A*D was already one of the leading manufacturers of jewellery in Europe. There were the legendary watch chains and Art Nouveau collections as well as gold-plated jewellery produced in Germany for the first time - today there is an immense variety of styles being dispatched every day.

The beginning of 2002 was the start of a new period in the company's history:

• The move into new spacious premises in an industrial area called "Wilferdinger Höhe" on the outskirts of Pforzheim, where now a team of over 100 highly motivated experts cares about top quality and the strict keeping of schedules.

• The company is run successfully today by the 4th and 5th generation of the founder's family.

• There is a strong international orientation based on the participation in trade fairs all over the world and the collaboration with sales representatives and branch offices in different countries providing an individual service for all customers.

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