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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9785703, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous miniatures.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Delicate silver miniatures like this are usually Dutch.</p><p>So yes, those are Dutch sword marks, in this case the ones for 1906-1953. These cuties are not sterling as the auctioneer claimed, the marks are for .833 silver. Most of these miniatures are .833 or .835, modern ones are usually .925, so those are sterling.</p><p>The maker&#039;s mark, BV separated by a symbol (possibly silverpliers), is of Bijkamp in Steenwijk, Overijssel. Bijkamp was a known miniatures maker, but they also made other silver items.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://keuren.zilver.nl/meestertekens-zilver/1501/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://keuren.zilver.nl/meestertekens-zilver/1501/" rel="nofollow">https://keuren.zilver.nl/meestertekens-zilver/1501/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>More about Bijkamp on the site of the municipal museum of Steenwijk (in Dutch only):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.stadsmuseumsteenwijk.nl/content/13-Zilver_Bijkamp.html?menu_parent=13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.stadsmuseumsteenwijk.nl/content/13-Zilver_Bijkamp.html?menu_parent=13" rel="nofollow">https://www.stadsmuseumsteenwijk.nl/content/13-Zilver_Bijkamp.html?menu_parent=13</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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