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Post by halfpiint Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:17 am

Any help Identifying this compote would be greatly appreciated as I've exhausted Google lens with no success of finding a similar image or Hallmark
Thanks a bunch!
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Post by user9318 Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:48 am

Are you sure it is silver? Are there other marks, like the town assay office stamp, the lion passant and the date letter?
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Post by halfpiint Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:51 pm

I'M not sure of anything. It belonged to my Mother. She's had it since late 1950s or early 1960s.

There is another tiny stamp that I couldn't make sense of so I didn't include the image. Let me grab it. Hope it's helpful.

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Post by user9318 Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:29 am

Thanks for that additional mark, that definitely looks like an Austro-Hungarian silver mark to me and I would say that it is .800 silver fineness which was used between 1872-1922 as I can just make out the letter and number in your photo, but not clearly, one will be a letter, on the right for the assay city/town, the number, on the left to signify the silver content. There is a list of letters to match with the towns in the link below.
https://www.925-1000.com/Faustria_02.html

If that is the only other mark and has no British silver import marks, then this was brought over from Austria/Hungary by the owner. I do not have a reference to Austro-Hungarian makers, but you could try searching or asking on the above websites forum: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/index.php
There are very knowledgeable people on that forum who may be able to help with the maker/sponsors mark.
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Post by halfpiint Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:21 am

Now that you mention a letter I see a faint A on the right.
The link was especially helpful. Thank you

There are no other marks, but I'll head over to that forum and ask.
You are a wealth of knowledge. Again, thank you very much for
sharing your knowledge. It's greatly appreciated.
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Post by user9318 Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:37 am

I thought the letter looked like an A which is for the means this was assayed in Vienna. The letter on the other side should be a 3.

I am glad you found that small mark, it made all the difference in nailing down part of the identification down with the country of origin and a rough date.

Hopefully, the forum members at 925 will be able to help you further with the makers mark.
I'm glad I could help with part of this, and you are more than welcome.
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