Silver Guide 02 — European Hallmarks II: Italy & Scandinavia From Italian Workshops to Scandinavian Design — Reading the Marks Behind European Silver In Silver Guide 01, we began our journey through European silver by exploring the hallmarking traditions of Britain, France and Germany. Britain gave us the highly structured world of assay offices, date letters and the Lion Passant. France introduced the elegant Minerva and distinctive lozenge-shaped maker's marks. Germany showed us the Crescent & Crown and the widespread use of numerical fineness standards such as 800 and 835....
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Silver Guide 01 — European Hallmarks I: Britain, France & Germany Antique Silver for Beginners: Reading the History Behind the Marks Recently, several friends and fellow silver enthusiasts have sent me photographs of silver marks, asking if I could help identify their meaning. I am always happy to share what I have learned through collecting and studying antique silver. At the same time, I am very cautious about making a definite identification from an incomplete photograph. After decades — or sometimes centuries — of use, hallmarks may become worn or...
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A Passion for Silver, A Respect for History SilverRushRareFinds began with a simple passion: a fascination with antique silver and the stories carried within each piece. What started as a...
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More Than a Purchase — A Piece of History At SilverRushRareFinds, we believe choosing antique silver should be about more than simply finding a beautiful object. It should also be...
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