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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 184923, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous little swallow. </p><p>935 silver is highly unusual in older German silver, it is usually 800 or 835. Could it be the design number?</p><p>Here is what I found on Martin Mayer:</p><p><i>Martin Mayer Gmb H. - Bauhofstr. 2, Mainz</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>A dependency as wholesaler and suppliers-contact, was in Badgasse 7, Pforzheim.</i></p><p><i>The firm used the M, &quot;Wheel&quot; (&quot;Mainzer Rad&quot;), above the &quot;Wheel&quot; a &#039;normally&#039; six pointed &quot;Star&quot;, M in a horizontal oval. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Additional information from Adress- und Handbuch für das deutsche Goldschmiedegewerbe, Hrsg.: Redaktion der Deutschen Goldschmiede-Zeitung. Verlag von Wilhelm Diebener, Leipzig 1903:</i></p><p><i>p. 20 - Bijouterie-Fabrications, numb. 502a; p.47 - Gold- and Silverwares Wholesalers, numb. 1255a.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The numeral &quot;30&quot; in the second mark photo is an &quot;MM&quot; internal indication for their product-supplier.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Martin Mayer GmbH, Mainz used also the mark &quot;Wheel of Maguntia with a star on the right side&quot;.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The firm never made Plated products.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/germansilverhallmark23.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/germansilverhallmark23.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/germansilverhallmark23.html</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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