HALLMARKS OF GERMAN SILVER
MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF GERMANY
- 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY (POST 1888) -

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German hallmarking system was unified in 1888 (see Decree January 7, 1886) adopting the national mark "crescent and crown" indicating 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)

GERMAN SILVER HALLMARKS OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY (post 1888)

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SILVERSMITHS (click on name for image and information):
A.W.B - Bahner Franz - Behrnd Hermann - Bemberg Fritz - Binder Wilhelm - Bleyer Heinr. Jr - Bohm Hugo - Bremer Silberwaren-Fabrik AG - BRUCKMANN&SÖHNE - Deyhle Gebrüder - Dingeldein Gebrüder - Eispert Julius, later Eispert Richard - Friedländer Gebrüder - Gerber Fritz - Gayer & Krauss, - GOWE - Grimminger Jakob - Haegermann Gustav - Haub C. - Heiden Theodor - Heisler C. - Hermann Emil - Herz Julius - Hessenberg & Co - HKJ - Jager & Co - Kaltenbach Karl & Sohne - Kern - Koberlin Gebruder - Köberlin Richard - Koch&Bergfeld - Korner&Proll - Kraft Robert - Krakau - Kühn Gebrüder - Kunz J. & Co - Kurz Gottlieb - Langer & Gunther - Lemor Julius - Lutz&Weiss - Manns Adam & Sohn - Mayer Adolph - Mayer Martin - Meyen H. & Co - Mosgau Franz - Muller Wilhelm - Paulmann J W & Sohn - Plaz & Kalber G.m.b.H. - Posen Lazarus - Reiner Gebrüder - Reusswig Friedrich - Rieth - Robbe&Berking - Rosenau Simon - Rosenthal - Rossdeuthscher & Reisig - Rückert M.J. - A. Schollkopf - Pforzheim - Schleißner J.D. Söhne - Schlingloff J.L. - Schnauffer - Schulze Wilhelm - Seybold & Hirschhauer - Tewes G. - Vietor E.L. - Weinranck & Schmidt - Widmann Christoph - WILKENS&SÖHNE - WMF -

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Hermann Behrnd - Dresden c. 1890
Hermann Behrnd - Dresden c. 1890
ref: Sänger/Das deutsche Silber-Besteck Marke Seite 271
Schnauffer: Dresden c. 1890
Schnauffer - Dresden c. 1890
Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen: silver and silverplate marks
Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen
Founded in Bremen in 1829 by Gottfried Koch and Ludwig Bergfeld (born in Hannover). Executed 1900-10 designs by Hugo Leven, Albin Muller and Henry van de Velde and in the twenties and thirties by Gustav Elsass and Bernhard Hotger
The firm is still active with a wide production of flatware and holloware
ref: Neuwirth/Markenlexikon für Edle und Unedle Metalle No.286
Art Nouveau and Art deco Silver - by Annelies Krekle-Aalberse, p. 256
Robbe & Berking - Flensburg Robbe & Berking - Flensburg Robbe & Berking, Giffhorn Robbe & Berking, Giffhorn
Robbe & Berking - Flensburg, 1874 - Present
Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century a Bruckmann/Heilbronn production retailed by Posen Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century
Lazarus Posen Witwe (Lazarus Posen’s widow)
Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century
ref: Bröhan/Metallkunst der Moderne vol. VI Marke Seite 108, No.87, Scheffler Goldschmiede Hessens No.631
The firm was founded in Frankfurt on the Main in 1869 by Brendina Wetzlar, the widow of Lazarus Jacob Posen, a silversmith and retailer of Polish descent. Under the widow Posen’s stewardship, the firm became the largest supplier of Judaica in the late 19th century. Her son Jacob L. Posen joined the firm by 1880, and by 1900, the company’s large staff of chasers and engravers were producing some of the finest silver in the country. They received a royal warrant in 1903. In the 20th century the firm was under the direction of Brendina’s grandsons Jakob, Hermann and Moritz Posen. The exact date of the company’s closure is not known
G.Haegermann - Burgdorf/Hannover c. 1900
Gustav Haegermann - Burgdorf/Hannover c. 1900
ref: Deutsches Goldschmiede-Jahrbuch 1913 No.204 Scheffler/Goldschmiede Niedersachsens I page 228
C.Haub (son) - Hanau - end of 19th century
C.Haub (son) - Hanau - end of 19th century
ref: Neuwirth/Edle und Unedle Metalle page 48
H. Meyen & Co (possibly) - Berlin H. Meyen & Co - Berlin H. Meyen & Co - Berlin
H. Meyen & Co (possibly) - Berlin
mid 19th c. /mid 20th c.
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Hermann Behrnd - Dresden c. 1890 Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen 1899 Robbe & Berking - Flensburg Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century C.Haub (son) - Hanau - end of 19th century Jakob Grimminger - Schwabisch Gmund Muller Wilhelm Wilhelm Binder - Schwäbisch Gmünd H. Meyen & Co (possibly) - Berlin A.W.B- not identified Wilhelm Schulze - Bremen Lutz & Weiss - Pforzheim Robbe & Berking, Giffhorn WILKENS & SÖHNE Hemelingen Rieth BRUCKMANN & SÖHNE - Heilbronn Gayer & Krauss - Schwabish- Gmund Theodor Heiden - Munchen J.D.Schleißner Söhne - Hanau Gebrüder Kühn - Schwäbisch Gmünd Franz Bahner - Düsseldorf Fritz Gerber & Co - Gorlitz/Schlesien Friedrich Reusswig - Hanau C.Heisler - Mannheim Richard Köberlin - Döbeln/Sachsen Gebrüder Reiner Gebrüder Reiner A. Schollkopf Gebrüder Friedländer - Berlin KÖRNER & PROLL - Berlin Robert Kraft, Pforzheim Gebrüder Deyhle, Schwäbisch Gmund Emil Hermann, Waldstetten G. Tewes Christoph Widmann GOWE Simon Rosenau, Bad Kissingen Fritz Bemberg, Pforzheim Hugo Bohm - Schwäbisch Gmund Gebrüder Dingeldein, Hanau M.J. Rückert, Mainz Bremer Silberwaren-Fabrik AG - Bremen Rosenthal Franz Mosgau, Hamburg Seybold & Hirschhauer, Schwäbisch-Gmünd H.Meyen & Co, Berlin Mayer Martin Gmb.H. Rossdeuthscher & Reisig - Breslau Gottlieb Kurz - Schwabish-Gmund Gottlieb Kurz - Schwabish-Gmund E.L. Vietor - Darmstadt WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik not identified not identified WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik go to Lazarus Posen Witwe details not identified Hessenberg & Co, Frankfurt a.M Julius Herz KERN, not identified HKJ, not identified J. W. Paulmann & Sohn - Bremen not identified Heinr.Bleyer Jr.- Chemnitz Eispert Julius, later Eispert Richard WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik not identified Weinranck & Schmidt Martin Mayer - Mainz Martin Mayer - Mainz not identified not identified Franz Bahner, Mansfelder Silber Adolph Mayer - Frankfurt am Main Langer & Gunther - Lichtenstein - Callember Krakau - not identified Christoph Widmann - Bremen-Hemelingen go to not identified details go to not identified details go to Julius Lemor - Breslau details go to not identified details go to not identified details go to not identified details go to not identified details go to Koberlin Gebruder go to Kunz J. & Co Bremer Silberwaren-Fabrik AG - Bremen H. Meyen & Co (possibly) - Berlin WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik Jager & Co Plaz & Kalber G.m.b.H. Schlingloff J.L. Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen 1899 Richard Köberlin - Döbeln/Sachsen Manns Adam & Sohn - Dornigheim b. Hanau Kaltenbach Karl & Sohne - Stuttgart
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