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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 10921, member: 44&quot;]I haven&#039;t a clue as to the maker. I have found a couple of French makers&#039; marks with 2 Fs, but none like this one. I think it is a tomahawk between the Fs. Orrr maybe that hammer that hit the windshield of a car driving on I-95 yesterday!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/palm-beach-county-news/hammer-slams-into-windshield-of-stephanie-solinskis-car/20295786#!bs2pnA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/palm-beach-county-news/hammer-slams-into-windshield-of-stephanie-solinskis-car/20295786#!bs2pnA" rel="nofollow">http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/palm-beach-county-news/hammer-slams-into-windshield-of-stephanie-solinskis-car/20295786#!bs2pnA</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I did find on WorthPoint a sterling silver vermeil wash French made monstrance that the seller said was marked with a Minerva head and 2 Fs with a symbol between. I couldn&#039;t see the mark in any of the posted pictures. As they seem not to know what the &quot;symbol&quot; was, there is a possibility the mark is like yours???</p><p><br /></p><p>To show my ignorance, I didn&#039;t know what was a monstance. According to an online dictionary it is a Roman Catholic name for a &quot;receptacle in which the host is held. Also called <i> ostensorium</i>.&quot; Nowwww, if we knew your FF was the same as on the monstance, one might presume your bowl was for religious purposes also. Here is the monstance:</p><p><a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-french-950-sterling-silver-vermeil" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-french-950-sterling-silver-vermeil" rel="nofollow">http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-french-950-sterling-silver-vermeil</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another vermeil silver monstance that the seller says has the French Minerva head with no description of the maker&#039;s mark only saying &quot; silversmith’s marks in different parts.&quot; I can see the Minerva head in one of the pictures, but can&#039;t see the maker&#039;s mark. Anyways, the monstances look very similar. They both are said to have a motif of &quot;grapes and wheat.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.rubylane.com/item/1251216-AR-A-526/Huge-French-Solid-Silver-Monstrance-83" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rubylane.com/item/1251216-AR-A-526/Huge-French-Solid-Silver-Monstrance-83" rel="nofollow">http://www.rubylane.com/item/1251216-AR-A-526/Huge-French-Solid-Silver-Monstrance-83</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly someone can spot the maker&#039;s mark in either monstance&#039;s pictures. Have included an edited enlarged pic of the maker&#039;s mark to better see the tomahawk.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2471[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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