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park1226 Posts: 102 |
posted 01-09-2018 12:53 PM
  
I was given this piece of family silver as a Christmas gift. It is a modest teaspoon but I can not identify the hallmarks. There are two. One looks like a TM the other is perhaps an H with a script L. It is not marked coin or sterling. It is engraved with my great, great grandfathers initials and 1846. I have searched my McGrew book and other online sources. I hope Wev's Silversmith Geneology reappears soon!  ,  IP: Logged |
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avalata Posts: 61 |
posted 01-16-2018 10:44 PM
Hi, The proportions of the bowl and the handle, and the style of the marks, seems to point to a Continental origin, perhaps in one of the pre-Germany states. Best, Cliff IP: Logged |
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park1226 Posts: 102 |
posted 01-16-2018 11:42 PM
Thank you. Your comments appear right on target. He was from Schleswig-Holstein and was born in 1846. We assume that this may have been a baptism gift. I will have to keep digging. The spoon does not have a City hallmark. IP: Logged |
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dragonflywink Posts: 993 |
posted 01-17-2018 08:53 AM
Believe your second mark is '11L', indicating the lod/loth fineness (roughly 687/1000) - 11 lodig silver was very common in 19th century Danish silver, though it could be from elsewhere (Schleswig-Holstein is historically Danish and/or German)... ~Cheryl [This message has been edited by dragonflywink (edited 01-17-2018).] IP: Logged |
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