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goldresearch

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iconnumber posted 08-02-2006 05:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for goldresearch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
[26-1157 10-0402]

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

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Paul Lemieux

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iconnumber posted 08-02-2006 09:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul Lemieux     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi goldresearch,

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?

Thanks!

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goldresearch

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iconnumber posted 08-02-2006 11:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for goldresearch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi Paul,

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?

Greetings from Styria
Herzlich Willkommen
Analytisches Labor Schmuck
(Inhaberin: Dr. Maria Schmuck)

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salmoned

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iconnumber posted 08-02-2006 05:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for salmoned     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hello, your reply seems to indicate you are representing a commercial concern regarding your question here, which may violate the rules of this forum. Admittedly, I am not the one to make such a judgement call. Perhaps a little more information would allay the minds of others [more knowledgeable than I concerning this mark].

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goldresearch

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iconnumber posted 08-03-2006 02:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for goldresearch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I earn my money with assaying precious metal items and not with the knowledge of hallmarks and makers marks.

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.

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FredZ

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iconnumber posted 08-03-2006 12:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FredZ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Goldresearch,

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

[This message has been edited by FredZ (edited 08-03-2006).]

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goldresearch

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iconnumber posted 08-25-2006 11:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for goldresearch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think I have found the company with the makers mark. It's a German company in Pforzheim.

Andreas Daub GmbH + Co. KG


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.

.... more


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iconnumber posted 08-25-2006 10:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bascall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The URL you referenced has some interesting things associated with it. Noticed the Voss name a few times too.

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