Need detailed description of all markings on weapon.
0400943696where will i find the makers marks for gold ... Wayne
More than likely they'll be in Kanji
There are many books on the market. Each would specialize in the marks on one particular type of article e.g. porcelain and pottery, pewter, silver are the commonest books that are available.
Look! There are millions of manufacturer's marks. For starters you do not even say what object the mark is applied to!! If it on a piece of antique porcelain, then you need to buy a book of porcelain marks or borrow one from your local library. Or, whatever.
DUMMLER & BREIDEN, I BELIEVE IT IS IN KOVEL'S NEW DICTIONARY OF MARKS PAGE 132
There are a few different places where you could look for marks on French beds. You should look underneath the frame for example.
There is the Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks and Makers' Marks, which can be reached at the link below. Also below is a link to a Wikipedia article explaining hallmarks, which also contains links to other sites you might find interesting.
Their hallmark was an eagle with wings spread and an "M" between the wings with 4 small egg shaped ovals under the eagle.
Firearm Unit . The firearm unit examines firearms, discharge bullets, cartridge cases, shotgun shells, and ammunition of all types. The basic principles of fireamrs examination are also applied here to the comparison of marks made by tools.
There really isn't any way to, unless it's something like a decommissioned police or military firearm from an agency which put identification marks on the firearms.
These would be the makers marks, it would be helpful to know the age and the origin of the pitcher as this would allow someone to be able to find out who MB is
I am not an authority on maker's marks, but I saw a pendant on ebay that was advertised as Simon Lery's work. It had a capital S in a circle and a capital L in a separate circle.