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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4346511, member: 5515"]Great question Lucille,</p><p><br /></p><p>#1. The spoon marked "1898" has marks that I quickly attributed to French Silver marks. I know from previous examples that a French silver makers mark will typically be in the form of a diamond shape. I honestly didn't identify the small duty mark, but the diamond shape of the makers mark was enough for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2: The J.A mark on the other spoon wasn't much to go off of, however I know in American coin silver, and some parts of Europe, makers marks without sterling/duty marks are possible. This spoon had the "flexion" of metal that I would associate to silver, and that was enough for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>#3: For the "Holland" spoon I found the marks matching to Dutch/Netherland marks for 835 silver or 83.5% silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4346511, member: 5515"]Great question Lucille, #1. The spoon marked "1898" has marks that I quickly attributed to French Silver marks. I know from previous examples that a French silver makers mark will typically be in the form of a diamond shape. I honestly didn't identify the small duty mark, but the diamond shape of the makers mark was enough for me. #2: The J.A mark on the other spoon wasn't much to go off of, however I know in American coin silver, and some parts of Europe, makers marks without sterling/duty marks are possible. This spoon had the "flexion" of metal that I would associate to silver, and that was enough for me. #3: For the "Holland" spoon I found the marks matching to Dutch/Netherland marks for 835 silver or 83.5% silver.[/QUOTE]
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