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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 195116, member: 44&quot;]My thoughts are French also. I thought the animal head mark on the right would be the silver guarantee mark and the mark on the left a city mark or maker&#039;s mark. Welllll I can&#039;t find these particular marks. The silver guarantee marks for France are the Minerva head for large items and boar&#039;s head for small items. The mark on the right looks like neither. I guess it could be a boar&#039;s head, but just doesn&#039;t look quite right. It looks more like a dog&#039;s head.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mark on the left isn&#039;t the right shape punch for a maker&#039;s mark. If sterling the maker&#039;s mark would be diamond shape and if silverplate the shape would be a rectangle or square. The city marks of France don&#039;t look like this either, at least I can&#039;t find one like this online or in Tardy&#039;s <i>International Hallmarks on Silver</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_menu.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_menu.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_menu.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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