ITALIAN SILVERSMITHS - ARGENTIERI ITALIANI

THE 20th CENTURY MAKER'S MARKS DIRECTORY - LISTA DEI MARCHI E PUNZONI DEL '900

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ITALIAN HALLMARKING SYSTEM
The law 5 February 1934 n. 305 introduced uniformity in the shape of Italian silversmith's marks.
The new mark identifying the silversmith consisted of a lozenge containing:
number: corresponding to the number identifying the silversmith
'fascio': fascist party symbol
two letters: initials of the Province
The lozenge was coupled to an oval containing the purity degree 800 or 925 per thousand.
The Law 26 October 1944 n. 313 (Decreto Legislativo Luogotenenziale 26 Ottobre 1944 n. 313) ordered the elimination of the 'fascio' (symbol of 'fascism') maintaining into the lozenge only the number (identification of the silversmith) and the two letters (initials of the Province).
The Laws 30 January 1968 (Legge 30 gennaio 1968 n. 46) and 30 December 1970 n. 1496 (D.P.R. 30 Dicembre 1970 n. 1496) introduced new hallmarks for silver and precious metals. The mark was modified to a polygonal shape and a star was added on the left. Numbers and Province letter were maintained.
Purity degree 925, 835 and 800 per thousand were allowed and inscribed into an oval outlined mark.
This system is still in use in present days.
mark in use from 1934 to 1944 mark in use from 1944 to 1970 mark in use from 1970 to present days
THE DIRECTORY OF 20th CENTURY ITALIAN SILVERSMITHS: FE - FERRARA
AL AR BL BO BS FE FI FO GE MI MO NA PA PD PR PV RE RO ROMA TO TS TV UD VA VC VE VI VR
#
 PROV
NAME
ADDRESS
TOWN
MARK ENTERED
OUT OF BUSINESS
1
FE
GUERRINI ARTURO Via Municipale 15 FERRARA 03/03/1938 07/12/1970
2
FE
SIMIOLI ANGELO FU TESEO Via San Romano 119 FERRARA 18/06/1940 10/04/1968
ITALIAN
MAKERS MARKS		 GENOA LOMBARDO
VENETO		 NAPLES PAPAL STATES
ROME		 PIEDMONT SICILY VENICE PSEUDO
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This is a page of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1000 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, sheffield plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks, articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington, Mappin & Webb, Reed & Barton, WMF, Bateman family), history, oddities ...
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My thanks to Andrea Menarini and Pietro Fantazzini for their valuable contribution in the creation of this page
Questa pagina è stata realizzata nell'ambito di un progetto che ha l'obiettivo di pubblicare l'elenco, provincia per provincia, di tutti i marchi e punzoni di garanzia usati nell'argenteria italiana del XX secolo (nella prima fase, limitatamente alle ditte che hanno iniziato l'attività prima del 1971).
Le ricerche effettuate hanno permesso di attribuire il nome della ditta alla maggior parte dei numeri di codice. Solo per poche posizioni non è stato possibile effettuare questo abbinamento.
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