HALLMARKS OF GERMAN SILVER
MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF GERMANY
- 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY -

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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 of antique German silver marks was based on different town marks symbols 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 Liegnitz 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
Liegnitz
17th cent.
Stuttgart
19th cent.
Kassel
1840-1845


GERMAN SILVER HALLMARKS OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY

FÜRTH 1770: silversmith Johann Jakob Runnecke
FÜRTH 1770: silversmith Johann Jakob Runnecke
ref: Rosenberg/Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen vol. II No.2152
PREETZ/Schleswig-Holstein, 1770: silversmith Johann Matthias Müller
PREETZ/Schleswig-Holstein, c. 1770: silversmith Johann Matthias Müller
AUGSBURG 1737-1739: silversmith Gottlieb Menzel
AUGSBURG 1737-1739: silversmith Gottlieb Menzel
1676 Breslau-1757 Augsburg
ref: Seling/Die Kunst derAugsburger Goldschmiede, vol. III No.211, 2022
HERRNHUT, c. 1790: silversmith Ludwig Friedrich Schmutz
HERRNHUT, c. 1790: silversmith Ludwig Friedrich Schmutz
Buchswiler/Elsaß-1811 Herrnhut


AUGSBURG 1690-1695: silversmith Ferdinand Schönfeld
AUGSBURG 1690-1695: silversmith Ferdinand Schönfeld, 1651-1709
NÜRNBERG first half 17th century: silversmith Andreas Lobenschrot
NÜRNBERG first half 17th century: silversmith Andreas Lobenschrot
ref: Rosenberg/Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen vol. III No.3761, 4149
FRANKFURT/MAIN 2nd half 18th century: silversmith CWS
FRANKFURT/MAIN 2nd half 18th century: silversmith CWS
ref: Scheffler/Goldschmiede Hessens No.111
AUGSBURG 1735/1736:silversmith Martin Mitnacht
AUGSBURG 1781-1783: silversmith Christian Drentwert II (1729-1801)
ref: Seling/Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, vol. III No.205, Supplement No.2120


AUGSBURG 1781-1783: silversmith Christian Drentwert II (1729-1801)
AUGSBURG 1781-1783: silversmith Christian Drentwert II (1729-1801)
ref: Seling/Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, vol. III No.267, 2427
BERLIN 1788-1802: silversmith Johann Gottlieb Kohlheim (1758-1812)
BERLIN 1788-1802: silversmith Johann Gottlieb Kohlheim (1758-1812)
ref: Scheffler/Berliner Goldschmiede No.11/1334


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