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heatherjanemcc Posts: 16 |
posted 07-26-2005 02:10 PM
  
I am curious about the marks on what I believe is an Italian, mid-twentieth-century spoon made in Padua. This is a nice, substantial-weight spoon that I bought recently because I didn't know what the marks were and I get a kick out of decoding Continental and American coin silver marks. I have fun using it too! I do hope I am posting these images correctly. After reading other posts on this subject, it seems to me that the spoon is marked (in the hexagonal reserve) for Padua/Padova with a maker's code "4" and with a fineness of 800/1000. I am curious about the meaning of marks preceding the "800" fineness mark. Thanks for your time--I have gotten such great value from reading the posts here for many months! This forum is terrific. IP: Logged |
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heatherjanemcc Posts: 16 |
posted 07-27-2005 07:46 PM
After a little more looking, I found an April 15, 2005, post by Patrick Vyvyan in General Silver Topics which illustrates a fork he owns in the same pattern as this one. I've added extra pictures to my first post to illustrate the whole spoon. Although his pictures of the mark are no longer available, his description of it sounds like they are similar to the ones illustrated here, although what I understand to be the town mark sounds different. Both he and Blakstone, who posted a reply, felt that his fork was probably Italian. I wonder if the fork had a third/third and fourth mark/marks like my spoon does. Are these maker's trade marks in addition to the maker's registration number? IP: Logged |
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