posted 08-12-2004 02:19 PM            

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"a frame with a rounded top with what looks like a two part tree sort of salt shaker stylized look with P on one side and M? on the other side"

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Please read over your description again (quoted above). I think if you reword it carefully, we might be able to figure out what you are trying to describe. Remember, we can't see it, and a "two part tree sort of salt shaker stylized look" is a little hard to imagine .

posted 08-12-2004 04:17 PM            

It looks like the outside of a Christmas tree shape with little testure on the inside and the bottom part which is separated looks like a square stand. There is a p to the left near the top of this mark and an N to the right and the whole thing is inside a frame with a rounded top.

That is the best I could do with the magnifying glass. Sorry this is my first time on the forum and I probably don't know the terminology. The other lettering I descried is at the top and bottom outside the frame.

posted 08-14-2004 09:35 AM            

Well, that's a bit better. The mark sounds like silverplate. I'm not sure from what country; could be English or Continental. Unfortunately very little is written about European silverplaters, at least not in English. If you can post a picture of the mark at some point, we might be able to take it a bit further.

Hope this helps!