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wendlekins

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iconnumber posted 06-24-2006 09:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wendlekins     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Please can someone help identify the marks on this gilt lined silver cup. I just cant find it myself. I would love to know which country it comes from and how old it is. It was in a box of Rubbish at a local auction.

I wonder if it might be Russian?

Many thanks
Wendy



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venus

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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 03:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for venus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hard to make out the marks Wendy. To my eyes the large mark looks like a little elf type man and the smaller a squirrel. Now I would imagine that is far from what they really are. lol. Can you discribe what they really look like? Interesting tho

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Scott Martin
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wendlekins

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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 05:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wendlekins     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for your help Scott.

These were very hard to photo I'm afraid.

The large one looks like either an old fashioned water pump or a man kneeling down with a hat and long train coming off it !!!!

The small one does look a bit like a squirrel or a fox.

Well I'm truly foxed anyway. smile

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wendlekins

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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 05:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wendlekins     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you Venus, I thought I could work out its Origin from the distinctive handle but having trawled through hundreds of silver cups on the internet I'm none the wiser. It gives me the feel that it might be Eastern European???

Best wishes
Wendy

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wendlekins

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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 05:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wendlekins     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hopefully a better picture

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Richard Kurtzman
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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 05:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Richard Kurtzman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
wendlekins, It's very hard to tell from your photo, but if you rotate the picture it looks to be a Portuguese mark.

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Richard Kurtzman
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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 06:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Richard Kurtzman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
833 silver, Oporto, Post January 1, 1938.

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wendlekins

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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 07:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wendlekins     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Many thanks Richard.

I have looked on the internet and seen the larger mark now as Portuguese. Because it is so plain I had wrongly thought it was from an earlier in date.

Many thanks for helping me.

Best wishes
Wendy

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blakstone

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iconnumber posted 06-25-2006 08:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for blakstone     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I can add that the eagle’s head here was in use until 31 Dec 1984.

Also, the maker’s mark – “I” with a water pump – is that of Isidro Pinto Pereira of Porto, registered in 1931 and used successively by:


  • Isidro Pinto Pereira 1931-1936
  • Isidro Pinto Pereira & Irmão [Brother] 1936-1942
  • Isidro Pinto Pereira 1942-1965
  • Viúva de [Widow of] Isidro Pinto Pereira 1965-1975
  • Isidro Pinto Pereira Herdeiros [Successors] 1975-1986
  • Isidro Pinto Pereira, Herdeiros, Lda. [Successors, Ltd.] 1986-

Hope this helps!

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wendlekins

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iconnumber posted 06-26-2006 04:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wendlekins     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow that's amazing to be able to pin it down to an actual silversmith. Many thanks to you Blakstone, Venus and Richard for your time and great help.

Best wishes
Wendy

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