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	<title>Antique Trails &#187; Hall Marks and Maker Marks</title>
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		<title>What is a Hallmark on Silver?</title>
		<link>http://antique-trails.com/2010/silver/what-is-a-hallmark-on-silver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hall Marks and Maker Marks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When buying an antique piece of silver or when discovering one to be stuck in the closet of your own home, you can find or guess more about it by considering the hallmark. It can help you authenticate and identify your item. The hallmark is a mark struck or impressed on silver which indicates the precious metal’s karat and fineness. ]]></description>
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		<title>London Silver HallMarks &#8211; The Leopard&#8217;s Head</title>
		<link>http://antique-trails.com/2009/hall-marks-and-maker-marks/english-silver-hall-marks-maker-marks/london-silver-hallmarks-the-leopards-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This mark used to be called sometimes the <em>Liberdes Hede</em>, sometimes the <em>Liberd Heed</em>, and sometimes the <em>Catte's Face</em>.  The stamp itself was known as the <em>punson</em>, and it was most zealously guarded. ]]></description>
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		<title>Delft Potters and Their Marks 1649 to 1662</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Delft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delft Potters Marks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A. J. De Milde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham van Noorden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claes Messchert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dutch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frederick van Frytom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacob Wemmers Hoppestein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Groenlant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Jansz Kulick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Van der Hoeve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan van der Houk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan van Hammen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeronimus van Kessel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joris Mes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Jacob Wemmers Hoppestein</strong> (1661) At the sign of <em>The Old Moor's Head</em>. He seems to have carried out at this factory the excellent work begun by his predecessor <a title="Delft potter Abraham de Kooge" href="http://antique-trails.com/2009/pottery-porcelain-and-china/delft/delft-potters-and-their-marks-1584-to-1648/">Abraham de Kooge</a>, and the produce of this factory had a high reputation. It consisted generally of blue decorative centers representing episodes from Roman history, surrounded by coloured borders.]]></description>
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		<title>Delft Potters and Their Marks 1584 to 1648</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abraham de Kooge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aelbrecht Cornelis de Keizer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gerrit Hermansz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghisbrecht Lambrechtse Kruyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herman Pietersz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaack Junius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lambrecht Ghisbrechts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pieter Hieronimus Van Kessel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Samuel van Berenvelt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomes Jansz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Various Potters Marks of Dutch Delft potters from 1584 to 1648.]]></description>
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		<title>Old Irish Silver Hall Marks</title>
		<link>http://antique-trails.com/2009/hall-marks-and-maker-marks/irish-silver-hall-marks-maker-marks/old-irish-silver-hall-marks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[1699]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edward Barrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Lyng]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hayden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Buck]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Goble]]></category>
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Irish silver offers some complications in regard to its markings, and it is especially interesting in its character. 
Dublin is the centre of the silversmiths&#8217; work in Ireland, and officially the Dublin Goldsmiths&#8217; Company holds the exclusive right of assaying and marking Irish silver ; but, as we shall show, there was excellent silver made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Scottish Silver Hall Marks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AntiqueNut</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Penman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quaich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottish silver hall marks are in a field by themselves. The art of the silversmith has always been on a high level in Scotland.]]></description>
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