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A silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other (optional) markings to indicate the date of manufacture and additional information about the piece.
Hallmarks are often confused with "trademarks" or "maker's marks". A hallmark is not the mark of a manufacturer to distinguish their products from other manufacturers' products: that is the function of trademarks or makers' marks. To be a true hallmark, it must be the guarantee of an independent body or authority that the contents are as marked.
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Multiple marks on silver, left to right: maker's mark , lion passant (assay mark for sterling silver), London town mark, date letter (1835), duty mark . A mark is a written or imprinted symbol used to indicate some trait of an item, for example, its ownership or maker.
(This list is not complete.) The First Silver Artel (1896-1917). Fabergé commissioned many silver articles from the First Silver Artel. Mark is: '1CA'. Aarne, Johan Viktor (1863-1934) a Finnish workmaster whose signature is to be found on enameled gold and silver articles. Mark is 'VA' in Russian Cyrillic ('BA').
Stieff Silver; Arthur J. Stone; William Swan (silversmith) Philip Syng; T. Taunton Silverplate Company; William Thomson (silversmith) Tiffany & Co. Towle Silversmiths;
Early American silver and its makers, Jane Bentley, Mayflower Books, 1979, page 121. Antiques Magazine, Volume 60, 1951, page 50. American Silver-Hilted, Revolutionary and Early Federal Swords, Volume II: According to Their Geographical Areas of Mounting, Daniel D. Hartzler, Xlibris Corporation, 2015. "Shepherd and Boyd", Sterling Flatware ...
Timothy Tuttle formed the Tuttle Silver Company in 1890, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.. His first work was to duplicate sterling pieces by special order. And because the pieces he duplicated were generally English sterling pieces, the original Tuttle pieces are dated in the English custom, with the crest of the reigning monarch of the times, to indicate the time period.