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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 982912, member: 111"]Has nothing to do with the Papal States, as Bakersgma suggests, those are Dutch marks on the bowl - there are three export key marks struck, the '3' Komo mentions is an illusion, it's actually the leg and '1' on the .934 lion-rampant quality mark. It does look like the Dora Fresco sponsor mark illustrated, not sure there's any reason a tobacconist could not also act as an importer of other goods (is there evidence that the unfortunate Dora Fresco is the same person?) There may be other Dutch marks present, they tended to scatter them, perhaps even some pseudo-marks...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205458[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]205459[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 982912, member: 111"]Has nothing to do with the Papal States, as Bakersgma suggests, those are Dutch marks on the bowl - there are three export key marks struck, the '3' Komo mentions is an illusion, it's actually the leg and '1' on the .934 lion-rampant quality mark. It does look like the Dora Fresco sponsor mark illustrated, not sure there's any reason a tobacconist could not also act as an importer of other goods (is there evidence that the unfortunate Dora Fresco is the same person?) There may be other Dutch marks present, they tended to scatter them, perhaps even some pseudo-marks... [URL]https://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html[/URL] [ATTACH=full]205458[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205459[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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