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eldan86m

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Help identifing old candle holder - Pewter
« on: September 11, 2014, 01:17:47 am »
Does anyone knows something about this piece candle holder, I have got the picture from the bottom of the holder is something graved, this was a present from germany. Do you think is made out of silver? Anybody knows the year of production? Any info helps. Thankyou
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Re: Help identifing old candle holder
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2014, 06:34:36 am »
Hi, this mark on the bottom means that it was made of pewter with no lead content, the "E S" should be the maker's initials. Your candle holder does not look very old to me. Mat
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Re: Help identifing old candle holder
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2014, 10:48:55 am »
It seems that the manufacturer of this item isn't easily identifiable.  If you read this link a responder tries to explain to the owner of a piece with your same mark on it...the significance of the mark.  From all the comments I have found, it is believed to be German...


If you ever have a piece that is suspect of being antique (100 years or older) this pewter society can help for free if
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'The Pewter Society is willing to help members of the public identify individual items of pewter if we can. This service is free, but it is NOT available to dealers nor to individuals if the sole purpose of the identification is to facilitate the sale of the item.

Please e-mail a photograph of the item as a whole, plus good close-up images of any marks on it. A narrative description of the item with dimensions, etc. and information on where it came from would also help. Please tell us which part of the world you come from, because that may help to identify the likely provenance. Although we will try, we cannot guarantee to identify marks because sometimes this could take hours of research. In any case, many marks are as yet unrecorded or unidentified.

Our main expertise is in British and Irish pewter, but in some cases we can also help with pewter from continental Europe or North America . We are unlikely to be able to help with pewter from elsewhere in the world.

Our main expertise is also in pewter over 100 years old. We are unlikely to be able to help with pewter that is later than 1910 and there are no books on more-recent pewter. We may be able to help with Art Nouveau pewter, Liberty/Tudric, Kaiserzinn, etc., though you will probably be better talking with an Art Nouveau specialist.'

The Pewter Society.org
http://governmentauctionsuk.com/antique-auction-guides/pewter
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