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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tahmoor girl, post: 4295008, member: 20883&quot;]<a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/Italianhallmarks.html#:~:text=Italian%20silversmiths%20rarely%20submitted%20their%20pieces%20to%20the,and%20there%20was%20no%20uniformity%20in%20its%20shape." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/Italianhallmarks.html#:~:text=Italian%20silversmiths%20rarely%20submitted%20their%20pieces%20to%20the,and%20there%20was%20no%20uniformity%20in%20its%20shape." rel="nofollow">Hallmarks of Italian silver of 20th century (silvercollection.it)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hallmarking was optional to Italian silversmiths. Usually 800 was stamped to indicate the purity.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1934 they added another lozenge containing a number to identify the silversmith, a fiasco (the fascist party symbol), and 2 letters (initials of the province it was made in).</p><p><br /></p><p>The two lozenges on your item are too close together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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