Also, Ottoman examples often are stamped with silver assay marks (usually incorporating a tughra –the emblem of the reigning Ottoman sultan). There are no such marks on this item. The thickness of the silver used also is more typically Indian. Ottoman silverwork tends to be more spare in ...
Quality Marks Second, a lot of finished silver jewelry will have a quality stamp somewhere on the piece. This is the quickest way to identify quality. There are cases of fraudulent marking but they are fairly rare. These tiny markings may only be legible under magnification. However, jewelry ...
Regardless of the type of silver bar you purchase, you can rest assured that the refinery producing it uses .999 or .9999 pure silver content. Most silver bars, though not all, come with an assay card that authenticates the individual product and verifies its weight, purity, and content. ...
Order now and receive a free additional insert of 65 new maker's marks found on tongs since the book was first published. A recent comment: Thank you very much for your excellent book on Georgian Silver Sugar Tongs which was very well packed and arrived today. I have found it very inform...
A box in silver and decorated all over with related silver filigree and with Batavian assay marks for the 18th century is illustrated in Voskuil-Groenewegen (1998, p. 145). Other examples of items of 18th century silver filigree and enamel made in Asia for the European market are illus...
A detailed guide to the UK's silver hallmarks including a directory of historical marks from the assay offices of London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh.
Newcastle Assay Office Mark Norwich Assay Office Marks Silver Date Letter MarksandDate Decoder York Assay Office Marks Wm Erik Voss's List of US Silversmiths Index of City Silversmith Directories (Boston, Newark, Providence, etc.) Index of Jewelers ...
On the Assay Marks on Gold and Silver Platedoi:10.1080/00665983.1852.10850858Octavius MorganArchaeological Journal
Condition Report:Makers mark BONHallmarks to the central panel are clear and legible, the triangular panels are only marked with the assay office and date letterVisible cast markings to the undersidesMarks to the vacant cartoucheSome blackening and tarnishingCondition reports are offered as a guide...
http://chinese-export-silver.com/catalogue-of-makers-marks/ Acknowledgments to Danny Cheng in Hong Kong for his translation skills S&J Stodel, London; Bonhams, London; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh + Glasgow; University of California, Los Angeles ...