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cardigan Posts: 4 Registered: May 2001	posted 05-21-2002 12:31 PM hi folks, can anyone tell me what that astric(*) means. its on a sterling and cobalt sugar dish that i own. and i want to know more. i've never seen it on any othere tiffany. thanks cardigan IP: Logged
William Hood Posts: 271 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 05-22-2002 10:49 AM Sorry, but I also have never seen an asterisk as a part of a Tiffany mark. In his book, Carpenter doesn't say anything about this symbol either. Perhaps it would be helpful to know the exact context of its use. Could you send an image, or at least cite the entire and exact markings on your piece? IP: Logged
cardigan Posts: 4 Registered: May 2001	posted 05-22-2002 10:57 AM quote: Originally posted by William Hood: Sorry, but I also have never seen an asterisk as a part of a Tiffany mark. In his book, Carpenter doesn't say anything about this symbol either. Perhaps it would be helpful to know the exact context of its use. Could you send an image, or at least cite the entire and exact markings on your piece? "TIFFANY & Co. 17831A MAKERS 5086 STERLING SILVER 925-1000 M* " the astric is under the M. i will foward you a picture. thanks IP: Logged
smfc75 Posts: 122 Registered: Mar 2002	posted 05-22-2002 04:13 PM I have a piece marked TIFFANY&Co. 19028A MAKERS 4245 STERLING SILVER 925-1000 m . The m is in script, and the dot (period) is under the m, definitely a part of the mark. Is there any significance to the dot? IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 05-22-2002 04:33 PM cardigan, smfc75, Send me a photo of the marks and I'll post them for everyone to see. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 05-22-2002 05:27 PM From Cardigan: IP: Logged
Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 Registered: Aug 2000	posted 05-23-2002 11:12 PM Hi, This looks like Mark #24 in Carpenter. The star was used by Tiffany during the war years 1943 -1945, and it was stamped on "silverware made of domestically produced silver". IP: Logged
smfc75 Posts: 122 Registered: Mar 2002	posted 05-24-2002 12:12 AM Rainwater indicates that "925-1000" was not used in the Tiffany mark after 1938. Is that incorrect? IP: Logged
Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 Registered: Aug 2000	posted 05-24-2002 07:38 PM I believe 925 - 1000 was in use until 1947. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 05-25-2002 12:05 PM We received this on Tuesday but didn't realize it until a few minutes ago .... Sorry about the delay. IP: Logged
William Hood Posts: 271 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 06-01-2002 11:40 PM Because of computer problems, I have not been able to get back into this discussion since 5-22-02. It appears that the mark in question by Cardigan was not really an asterisk but a star. (At least that's what it looks like to me in the fuzzy image posted from Cardigan on 5-22.) If that is correct, Richard Kurtzman's comment about this representing Carpenter's mark no. 24 is correct. As to the "dot" cited by smfc75 and shown in the image posted on 5-25, I have no idea what this signifies. IP: Logged
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 11-15-2002 12:52 PM THe little dot could simply be a centerpunch (i.e. the middle of the piece) but I don't know where the mark falls. I have seen these little punctuation marks, and they don't seem to mean anything. IP: Logged

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