Boar Hallmark identification - Tests Sterling

by Ken Moore
(Tucson, Arizona, USA)

What country uses a pig as a hallmark? The whole hallmark set is "S&L" left facing pig, boar, swine?, and finally the capital letter L. The bottom also has the number 2 above the hallmark and the number 7110 below. It is a silver two handled chalice or cup weighing about two pounds. It has been tested by two jewelers and tests silver, however they could not identify the maker.





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