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Your piece isn't French but Dutch (Holland). The date is 1929, silver fineness 833/1000, maker A.H. Kuylemburg, Schoonhoven, active 1927-1931
Giorgio Busetto
Bo Pang writes:
... Recently I have got a early silver work. There are 4 marks on this silver work. All these marks are made on the back side of base.
One mark is recognized as Augsburg Silver on 1734-1735. But I can't find the meaning of rest of 3 marks.
I didn't find any information on these marks from Internet. Could you please have a look and let me know what they are.
Best wishes,
Bo Pang
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Not Augsburg 1734-1735 but Hanau silver, late 19th century. The maker is, possibly, Georg Roth but the attribution can't be certain as Hanau marks aren't registered trademark but the mere reproduction of ancient silver hallmarks.
Similar symbols were used by different manufacturers and familiar or economic interaction between various Hanau firms could be at the base of marks crossover.
See my website at http://www.silvercollection.it/germansilverhallmarks4.html
Giorgio Busetto
"A PAGE per MONTH"
In this column we presents a page obtained from makers'
brochures, books, auction catalogs, advertising or whatever
other printed paper, related to silver, that may be of interest
for ASCAS members.
The images will be published at a "low resolution" level and for
private and personal use only.
This column is published under the kind permission of Giorgio
Busetto's website
SILVER ADVERTISEMENTS
FACTORIES, PLANTS, SALESROOMS, SHOPS AND WORKSHOPS: OLD IMAGES
This month ASCAS presents an image of an ancient advertisement of
GEBR. ARNDT
Metallwarenfabrik, Quedlinburg, Germany
Metallwarenfabrik, Quedlinburg, Germany
Founded in 1870 in Quedlinburg, Saxen Anhalt (Germany).
Obtained a gold medal at Paris 1900 World Exhibition.
Advertised tableware in brass, nickel and alpaca.
Obtained a gold medal at Paris 1900 World Exhibition.
Advertised tableware in brass, nickel and alpaca.
"A COUNTRY per MONTH"
In this column we present an abstract from a page of the "SILVER HALLMARKS WORLDWIDE OVERVIEW"courtesy of
PORTUGAL
From 1690 the Portuguese hallmarking system was based in a series of town marks consisting generally in the first letter of the town name often surmounted by a crown. The towns were Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Guimarães, Lisbon, Porto, Santarém e Setúbal.
Silver fineness was expressed in "dinheiros": 11 (916/1000) or 10.6 (854/1000).
In 1887 the town system was abandoned attributing the responsibility to the "Casa da Moeda" and creating control offices in Lisbon, Porto, Braga (until 1911) and Gondomar (until 1913 a "department" of Porto office). Admitted purity degrees were .916 and .833.
MORE...
"A SILVERSMITH per MONTH"
In this column
we present marks, information and history of silversmiths and
silver manufacturers.
This column is published under the kind permission of Giorgio
Busetto's website
ROBBE & BERKING
The business was founded by Nicolaus Christoph Robbe (1843-1916) who in 1874 opened a silver workshop in Angelburger Street, Flengsburg (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
The business prospered and in 1897 Robbe opened a fifty-percent partnership with his son-in-law Robert Berking (1872-1908). Berking was a master silversmith from
Braunschweig with entrepreneurial talent and technical and artistic mastery. He developed the first cutlery designs of the company, expanded the trading area and built new company's headquarters in Sophienstrasse, modernizing production and adopting updated tools and machinery.
Robert Berking died in a bathing accident in 1908 at the age of 35. His young widow, Henriette Robbe, heir of Berking's 50% of the company, took over the management supported by her father Nicolaus Christoph Robbe and by her brother Arnold Robbe (1883-1956).
Henriette divided her fifty-percent share between her two young sons, Theodor (1899-1964) and Nicolaus Berking (1900-1947). At the death of Nicolaus Robbe (1916) his fifty-percent share was inherited by Arnold Robbe who became equal partner with his nephews Theodor and Nicolaus Berking.
The location of Flensburg, near the border of the neutral Denmark, spared the company from the most devastating effects of the war status during World
War I but the special import and export rules and regulations introduced by Denmark and Germany after the war caused economic hardships to Robbe & Berking......
MORE...
"A CREST per MONTH"
In this column we
present images and descriptions of Crests and Mottoes of British,
Irish and Scottish families as engraved on silver items.
This column is published under the kind permission of Giorgio
Busetto's website
FAMILY CRESTS: LIST OF NAMES
ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF FAMILY CRESTS
CONOLLY
The crest of Conolly family (Ireland).
The motto is "En Dieu est tout" (In God is all).
The crest is described as "an arm erect, in hand an amulet".
The crest has been found on a sterling silver handled bowl hallmarked London 1817, maker John Houle
"A YEAR per MONTH"
FROM SHEFFIELD ASSAY OFFICE REGISTER
- 1798 -
This table is obtained from The Book of Entries of the Names, Places of abode and Marks of the several Silversmiths and Plate Workers residing in Sheffield, or within twenty miles thereof, who are required to send their goods to the Assay Office, lately established in the Town of Sheffield by an Act of Parliament lately passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third intituled:
An Act for appointing Wardens and Assaymasters for
Assaying Wrought Plate in the Towns of Sheffield
and Birmingham
YEAR 1798
Closing our February 2019 edition of ASCAS Newsletter I hope
you have appreciated its content.
Your comments, suggestions and advice will be of great help.
My thanks to Royal Barnard, Magdalena and William Isbister and Bo Pang for their precious contributions.
Giorgio Busetto
Secretary
DISCLAIMER AND PRIVACY POLICY
ASCAS is a community of people having a common
interest in antique silver.
It is a non-profit association without commercial links.
Membership is open to whomever has a true interest in
this subject matter.
ASCAS has no real property and no fees are requested nor
accepted from members.
ASCAS keeps in touch with its members only through
periodical newsletters, e-mails and web-site updating
and ignores and is not responsible for any other
activity pursued by its members.
Likewise, ASCAS is not responsible for opinions,
evaluation and images displayed, and in any form
published or supplied for publication, by its members
who, in any case, maintain the property of their works
and assure the respect of national and international
legislation about Intellectual Property.
ASCAS does not have the full addresses of its members (only
town, country and e-mail address are requested for
membership).
ASCAS handles and protects with care its members' e-mail
addresses, will not disclose the addresses to third
parties, will use this information only to reply to
requests received from members and for communications
strictly related to its activity.
These rules are expressly accepted by submitting the
membership request.
email:
silverassociation@yahoo.it
HOME
Silver fineness was expressed in "dinheiros": 11 (916/1000) or 10.6 (854/1000).
In 1887 the town system was abandoned attributing the responsibility to the "Casa da Moeda" and creating control offices in Lisbon, Porto, Braga (until 1911) and Gondomar (until 1913 a "department" of Porto office). Admitted purity degrees were .916 and .833. MORE...
"A SILVERSMITH per MONTH"
In this column
we present marks, information and history of silversmiths and
silver manufacturers.
This column is published under the kind permission of Giorgio
Busetto's website
ROBBE & BERKING
The business was founded by Nicolaus Christoph Robbe (1843-1916) who in 1874 opened a silver workshop in Angelburger Street, Flengsburg (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
The business prospered and in 1897 Robbe opened a fifty-percent partnership with his son-in-law Robert Berking (1872-1908). Berking was a master silversmith from
Braunschweig with entrepreneurial talent and technical and artistic mastery. He developed the first cutlery designs of the company, expanded the trading area and built new company's headquarters in Sophienstrasse, modernizing production and adopting updated tools and machinery.
Robert Berking died in a bathing accident in 1908 at the age of 35. His young widow, Henriette Robbe, heir of Berking's 50% of the company, took over the management supported by her father Nicolaus Christoph Robbe and by her brother Arnold Robbe (1883-1956).
Henriette divided her fifty-percent share between her two young sons, Theodor (1899-1964) and Nicolaus Berking (1900-1947). At the death of Nicolaus Robbe (1916) his fifty-percent share was inherited by Arnold Robbe who became equal partner with his nephews Theodor and Nicolaus Berking.
The location of Flensburg, near the border of the neutral Denmark, spared the company from the most devastating effects of the war status during World
War I but the special import and export rules and regulations introduced by Denmark and Germany after the war caused economic hardships to Robbe & Berking......
MORE...
"A CREST per MONTH"
In this column we
present images and descriptions of Crests and Mottoes of British,
Irish and Scottish families as engraved on silver items.
This column is published under the kind permission of Giorgio
Busetto's website
FAMILY CRESTS: LIST OF NAMESILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF FAMILY CRESTS
CONOLLY
The crest of Conolly family (Ireland).
The motto is "En Dieu est tout" (In God is all).
The crest is described as "an arm erect, in hand an amulet".
The crest has been found on a sterling silver handled bowl hallmarked London 1817, maker John Houle
"A YEAR per MONTH"
FROM SHEFFIELD ASSAY OFFICE REGISTER
- 1798 -
This table is obtained from The Book of Entries of the Names, Places of abode and Marks of the several Silversmiths and Plate Workers residing in Sheffield, or within twenty miles thereof, who are required to send their goods to the Assay Office, lately established in the Town of Sheffield by an Act of Parliament lately passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third intituled:
An Act for appointing Wardens and Assaymasters for
Assaying Wrought Plate in the Towns of Sheffield
and Birmingham
YEAR 1798
Closing our February 2019 edition of ASCAS Newsletter I hope
you have appreciated its content.
Your comments, suggestions and advice will be of great help.
My thanks to Royal Barnard, Magdalena and William Isbister and Bo Pang for their precious contributions.
Giorgio Busetto
Secretary
DISCLAIMER AND PRIVACY POLICY
ASCAS is a community of people having a common
interest in antique silver.
It is a non-profit association without commercial links.
Membership is open to whomever has a true interest in
this subject matter.
ASCAS has no real property and no fees are requested nor
accepted from members.
ASCAS keeps in touch with its members only through
periodical newsletters, e-mails and web-site updating
and ignores and is not responsible for any other
activity pursued by its members.
Likewise, ASCAS is not responsible for opinions,
evaluation and images displayed, and in any form
published or supplied for publication, by its members
who, in any case, maintain the property of their works
and assure the respect of national and international
legislation about Intellectual Property.
ASCAS does not have the full addresses of its members (only
town, country and e-mail address are requested for
membership).
ASCAS handles and protects with care its members' e-mail
addresses, will not disclose the addresses to third
parties, will use this information only to reply to
requests received from members and for communications
strictly related to its activity.
These rules are expressly accepted by submitting the
membership request.
email:
silverassociation@yahoo.it
HOME
Assaying Wrought Plate in the Towns of Sheffield
and Birmingham
YEAR 1798
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Closing our February 2019 edition of ASCAS Newsletter I hope
you have appreciated its content.
Your comments, suggestions and advice will be of great help.
My thanks to Royal Barnard, Magdalena and William Isbister and Bo Pang for their precious contributions.
Giorgio Busetto
Secretary
DISCLAIMER AND PRIVACY POLICYASCAS is a community of people having a common
interest in antique silver.
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