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mdhavey Posts: 164 Registered: Dec 2003	posted 10-31-2005 11:45 AM Here's a great fish knife, measuring just over a foot in length. The mark seems German, but it is impossible to discern the name next to it. (It may be Hermann?) Any thoughts? IP: Logged
akgdc Posts: 289 Registered: Sep 2001	posted 10-31-2005 07:19 PM The town mark is 19th-century Hamburg; search for "Hamburg" in these forums and you will find a discussion from a few months back about the rather complicated date letter system for Hamburg silver. IP: Logged
mdhavey Posts: 164 Registered: Dec 2003	posted 11-01-2005 12:00 AM The letter in the arch of the castle is "F". From the previous post: "The town mark with the tree towers is Hamburg and the letter F stands for the essayer's period of Johann Hinrich Jacob Wienicke from 1857 up to the 1870s." Great stuff! I suppose the maker will remain lost in time/rubbed out... IP: Logged
blakstone Posts: 493 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 11-03-2005 02:08 PM The maker's mark is "HEINEMANN", for Ludwig Heinemann of Hamburg. The assayer Weinecke was working 1857-1865, so your very nice fish slice can be dated to within those 8 years. (The Hamburg guild was abolished in 1865.) Hope this helps! IP: Logged
mdhavey Posts: 164 Registered: Dec 2003	posted 11-03-2005 05:00 PM Blakstone, you are quite remarkable. How you got HEINEMANN from my bad picture of this very worn mark calls to mind supernatural powers. But if I look under a high power lupe it does seem to fit. Thanks so much. MD IP: Logged

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