HALLMARKS OF GERMAN SILVER
MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF GERMANY
- 19TH CENTURY -

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German hallmarking system was unified in 1888 adopting the nation mark "crescent and crown" indicating the in thousandths the fineness of silver. This system is still in use in present days.
German national mark from 1888

The previous system was based on different town marks and the silver fineness was indicated in "loth" (12 loth corresponding to 750/1000, 13 loth = 812/1000, 14 loth = 875/1000, 15 loth = 937/1000)
hallmark town of Furth 1770
hallmark town of Hanau 1770
hallmark town of Darmstadt 18th century
hallmark town of Augsburg 1690-1695
hallmark town of Liegnitz 1830
hallmark town of Nurnberg 1710
hallmark town of Frankfurt/main 2nd half 18th century
hallmark town of Dresden half 19th century
Furth
1770
Hanau
1770
Darmstadt
18th cent.
Augsburg
1690/1695
Liegnitz
1830
Nurnberg
1710
Frankfurt/m
18th cent.
Dresden
c. 1850
hallmark town of Berlin 1788-1802
hallmark town of Breslau 18th century
hallmark town of Hamburg 1784-1791
hallmark town of Ulm 18th century
hallmark town of Herrnhut c. 1790
hallmark town of Leignitz 17th century
hallmark town of Stuttgart 19th century
hallmark town of Kassel 1840-1845
Berlin
1788-1802
Breslau
18th cent.
Hamburg
1784-1791
Ulm
18th cent.
Herrnhut
c. 1790
Leignitz
17th cent.
Stuttgart
19th cent.
Kassel
1840-1845

GERMAN SILVER HALLMARKS OF THE 19TH CENTURY

HANAU - mid 19th century: silversmith Johann Conrad Wilhelm Philipp Hessler, 1805-1872
HANAU - mid 19th century: silversmith Johann Conrad Wilhelm Philipp Hessler, 1805-1872
ref:Scheffler/Goldschmiede HessensNo.334, page 400
DARMSTADT c. 1840: silversmith Johannes Ernst Ludwig Vietor
DARMSTADT c. 1840: silversmith Johannes Ernst Ludwig Vietor
ref: Scheffler/Goldschmiede Hessens page 21, No.40/69
LIEGNITZ/Schlesien c. 1830: silversmith Meister Julius Frey
LIEGNITZ/Schlesien c. 1830: silversmith Julius Frey
ref: : Rosenberg Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen Band II page 259,
Hintze Schlesische Goldschmiede
BERLIN 1820/30: silversmith Georg Friedrich Fournier BERLIN 1820/30: silversmith Georg Friedrich Fournier
BERLIN 1820/30: silversmith Georg Friedrich Fournier (1773-1832)
ref: Scheffler/Berliner Goldschmiede No.14,18, page 288,289
AUGSBURG 1815: silversmith Johann Georg Christoph Neuss, 1774-1857
AUGSBURG 1815: silversmith Johann Georg Christoph Neuss, 1774-1857
retailer Johann Alois Seethaler, 1775-1835
ref: Seling/Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede vol. III No.302,2637,2665,
Horbas-Möller/Silber No.129
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