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

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German hallmarking system was unified in 1888 adopting the nation mark "crescent and crown" indicating the in thousandths the fineness of silver. This system is still in use in present days.

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)

Furth 1770	Hanau 1770	Darmstadt 18th cent.	Augsburg 1690/1695	Liegnitz 1830	Nurnberg 1710	Frankfurt/m 18th cent.	Dresden c. 1850

Berlin 1788-1802	Breslau 18th cent.	Hamburg 1784-1791	Ulm 18th cent.	Herrnhut c. 1790	Leignitz 17th cent.	Stuttgart 19th cent.	Kassel 1840-1845

German silver 19th century marks

German silver 20th century marks

Hanau silver marks

GERMAN SILVER HALLMARKS OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY

	FÜRTH 1770: silversmith Johann Jakob Runnecke ref: Rosenberg/Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen vol. II No.2152
	PREETZ/Schleswig-Holstein, c. 1770: silversmith Johann Matthias Müller
	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 Buchswiler/Elsaß-1811 Herrnhut
	AUGSBURG 1690-1695: silversmith Ferdinand Schönfeld, 1651-1709
	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 ref: Scheffler/Goldschmiede Hessens No.111
	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) ref: Seling/Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, vol. III No.267, 2427
	BERLIN 1788-1802: silversmith Johann Gottlieb Kohlheim (1758-1812) ref: Scheffler/Berliner Goldschmiede No.11/1334