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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 112719, member: 44&quot;]I&#039;ve had a go at the mark&#039;s pic with not much luck other to say, I don&#039;t think that is the letter P over the &quot;FR&quot;. I think it is a device/symbol like a bust/head, a phrygian (liberty cap), ...&nbsp; There might be a partial star or something in the very top peak of the lozenge. I&#039;ve looked through the few French maker&#039;s mark sites online and at the moment can&#039;t spot a similar lozenge. I&#039;ll keep trying off and on today.</p><p><br /></p><p>No doubt you are very familiar with the following site, but if not, the site has 12 French &quot;FR&quot;&nbsp; and 1 &quot;F&amp;R&quot; silver makers listed with description of their marks, but few pics of the actual marks.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsF.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsF.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsF.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>English translation of the page. For some reason all the &quot;FR&quot;s in the left column are showing as &quot;EN&quot;s. As you move done the left column it goes from the FPs to ENs and then to Fray, FS - strange......:</p><p><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsF.html&amp;hl=en&amp;langpair=auto|en&amp;tbb=1&amp;ie=windows-1252" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsF.html&amp;hl=en&amp;langpair=auto|en&amp;tbb=1&amp;ie=windows-1252" rel="nofollow">http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsF.html&amp;hl=en&amp;langpair=auto|en&amp;tbb=1&amp;ie=windows-1252</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another well known French maker&#039;s mark site:</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_A.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_A.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_A.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of my edited versions of the mark. They certainly are no better than your pic, but thought I&#039;d throw them into the mix.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28348[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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