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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 10-02-2010 01:17 PM
  
I have a tiny silver cup that I bought at a flea market a couple of years ago (for a quarter) from a man who said it had been his mother's. She came to the US from Eastern Europe or maybe Austria or Germany--I don't now remember where--before WWII. He remembered her always having this cup on her shelf. It was black with tarnish and he thought it was tin. I showed it to Richard, who showed me that there were teeny, tiny hallmarks. They were too crusted with tarnish to read. I've polished it and I believe one of them is the French import swan: But what is the other one? Is it the Austrian Minerva head? The cup in question is the smallest one in this photo: IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 10-02-2010 01:23 PM
Here's a better photo of the cup: IP: Logged |
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denimrs Posts: 102 |
posted 10-02-2010 08:20 PM
Hi Polly, Sure is a pretty little cup, but I can't find anything to help ID the marks. Sorry, IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 10-03-2010 08:47 AM
It looks to me like the Italian assay mark; I can't read the number at the bottom of the mark, but it looks like a 3, which would be consistent with the Italian mark for .800 silver. I think this mark was used from 1872 to the 1930's, which would be consistent with the French swan import mark. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 10-03-2010 10:45 AM
Oh, I bet you're right! Thank you. IP: Logged |
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