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Tardy is a good reference, but is by no means comprehensive, not surprisingly going into the most depth on French marks - have to wonder if maybe the 'B' in the marks shown were for the Belgrade assay office, perhaps there were other assay offices, assigned other letters or numbers...

There is a Prizren firm called 'Filigran Berati' with a Facebook page that shows some interesting pieces: https://www.facebook.com/FiligranBerati/

This short article is about a 22 year old Serbian who is producing quality filigree, learning the techniques at 19 from a Prizren-trained master: http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/srbija.73.html:616514-Zlatni-decko-plete-srebro

~Cheryl

 

probably lead astray because the mark was pressed on a rounded place and not level.

 

That certainly makes it more difficult to see the exact shape. And if led astray by the possible presence of a cocaine spoon as well...