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AND OBJECTS OF VERTU

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SILVER AND GOLD HALLMARKS
DENMARK MAKER'S MARKS: O
A silver or gold object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more hallmarks indicating the purity of the metal and the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith
The word "HALLMARK" derives from the fact that, since the 16th century, precious metals were sent to the London Goldsmiths' Hall for testing to ensure that the correct standard of silver had been used. The Goldsmiths' Hall was the headquarters of the Goldsmiths' Company and the home of the Assay Office.
In some countries, the testing of precious metal objects and marking of purity is controlled by a national assay office.
Depending on the national legislation the use of hallmarks may be compulsory, voluntary or provided by a manufacturer's declaration.
The Danish hallmarking system is organized on a voluntary base.
The first Danish hallmarking was made in Copenhagen at the end of the 15th century.
Later, other cities as Aalbotg, Aarhus, Odense and Viborg introduced their own mark as a guarantee of precious metals.
In 1893 the "Three-tower" mark of Copenhagen was adopted as the national mark in the new standardized hallmarking system. Copenhagen had the only Assay Office in Denmark.

DENMARK HALLMARKING SYSTEM




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MARK                                  MAKER
O...........................................................Pelga Polka I/S - Nyborg 2010 - 2011
OA........................................................O. M. Andersen / Albertslund ur & guldcenter - Albertslund 1994 - ?
O.A.......................................................Otto Andersen - Ruds-Vedby 1914 1948
OAI.......................................................Ove Andersen Industri - Herlev 1977 - 1985
O.A.W..................................................OA. Westergaard - Copenhagen 1893 - 1937
OB........................................................Ole Jacobsen - Silkeborg 1995 - 1998
O.B.G...................................................Osvald B. Grønning - Århus 1934 - 1973
O.B.J....................................................Otto Benny Jørgensen - Copenhagen 1955 - 1965
OBJ......................................................Ove Bang Jensen, Frederikshavn 1989 - 2010
O.B.P....................................................Otto V.Behrendt Petersen - Copenhagen 1955 - 1965
O.B.P....................................................Ole Bent Petersen - Copenhagen 1973 - ?
O.B.P.....................................................Inge Bent Petersen - Copenhagen 1999 - 2003
O.B.R...................................................Ole Bøgelund Rasmussen - Hjørring 1971 - 1975
OBS......................................................Ulrik Clausen - Ebeltoft 1994 - 1997
O.C.C...................................................O.C. Collin - Copenhagen 1893 - 1910
O.C.J....................................................OIuf C.Johansen - Copenhagen 1934 - 1979
O.C.K...................................................Oluf Christian Kundby - Copenhagen 1932 - 1942
O.C.K...................................................Oluf Christian Kundby - Copenhagen 1962 - 2010
OD........................................................Osira Design - Fredericia 2002 - 2003
O.D.......................................................Otto Diemar - Copenhagen 1902 - 1937
O. Dahl.................................................Oscar F. Dahl - Copenhagen 1904 - 1937
OE........................................................Oeding-Erdel Münster - Roskilde 1986 - 1989
OE.........................................................M. R. Karnikar - Copenhagen / Orienttal Expres 1995 - 1996
O.E........................................................O.M.V. Ehlers - Copenhagen 1930 - 1973
O.Ehlers................................................O.M.V. Ehlers - Copenhagen 1930 - 1973
O.E.S.....................................................Otto O.E. Schock - Copenhagen/Frederiksberg 1899 - 1937
O.F........................................................O. Flindt - Copenhagen 1893 - 1937
O.F........................................................Ole Amnitzbel Fredsbo - Århus N 1990 - 2002
O.F.D....................................................Oscar F. Dahl - Copenhagen 1904 - 1937
O.F.P.....................................................Ove Fogh Pedersen - Brønshøj 1966 - 1988
O.Friis...................................................Otto Friis - Kolding 1910 - 1937
OG.........................................................Odd Forsberg - Hvidovre 2003 - 2008
O.G........................................................Otto F. Gigas - Copenhagen 1906 - 1937
O.G........................................................Ole Gamsgaard - Gentofte 1953 - 1963
O.G........................................................Ole Gunvald / Ravhytten i Blåvand - Varde 1996 - 1999
O.Gamsgaard........................................Ole Gamsgaard - Gentofte 1953 - 1963
O.G.T.....................................................Orla Gunnar Taanum - Odense 1947 - 1973
OH.........................................................Orla Hedegaard - Rønde 1994 - 2008
O.H........................................................Otto Carl Johan Hansen - Copenhagen 1952 - 1972
O.H........................................................O. Holtzweissig - Copenhagen 1901 - 1937
OHANA.................................................Reuven Ohana - Copenhagen 2006 - 2011
OHANA.................................................Kabbalah and Diamond - Copenhagen 2011 - ?
O.H.C....................................................Otto Hermand Carsten - Aarhus 1913 - 1937
O.H.G.E................................................Ove Hans Georg Eriksen - Aarhus 1934 - 1944
O.& H.H.................................................Olesen & Hvitfeldt Hansen - Copenhagen 1959 - 1969
OHM......................................................Christian Ohm-Heironymussen - Copenhagen 2008 - ?
OHs.......................................................Otto Hansen - Copenhagen 1923 - 1937
O.I.O......................................................Oscar Isak Osbak - Copenhagen 1963 - ?
OJ..........................................................Ole Jim Rasmussen - Frederiksberg 2008 - ?
O.J.........................................................Olaf Jansen - Aarhus 1944 - 1965
O.J.........................................................Otto Jørgensen - Jyderup 1964 - 1967
O.J.........................................................Otto B. Jørgensen - Jyderup 1971 - 1999
O.J.B......................................................P Ole Johansen Berg - Roskilde 1921 - 1937
OJD.......................................................Guldsmedjen I/S v/J. Pind - Århus C 1992 - 1993
O.Johansen...........................................Oluf C. Johansen - Copenhagen 1934 - 1976
O.K........................................................Ove Klarskov - Copenhagen 1927 - 1937
O.K........................................................Ove Klarskov - Charlottenlund 1948 - 1958
O.K........................................................Ove Kolding - Copenhagen 1967 - ?
O.K.B....................................................Ole Berg - Ølstykke 1979 - 1984
O.K.H....................................................OM. Koefoed-Hansen - Copenhagen 1922 - 1973
O.K.J.....................................................Ole Kjær Jensen - Virum 1971 - 1979
OKK......................................................ORIFLAMES KOSMETIK KLUB - Slangerup 1983 - ?
Oksen....................................................Niels Børge Oksen - Randers 1965 - 1973
O.L........................................................Ole Lynggaard - Hellerup 1957 - ?
O.L........................................................Olga Lind - Holstebro 1918 - 1948
OLA......................................................Oro Latino Aps - Copenhagen 1996 - 2000
Ole L....................................................Ole Lynggaard - Hellerup 1957 - ?
Ole K.....................................................Ole Kaare Rasmussen - Hvidovre 2002 - 2008
Ole M....................................................Ole Malchau - Jyllinge 1996 - 2000
Ole S.....................................................Ole Mathias Sørensen - Århus 1946 - 1973
OLE S...................................................Ole Sørensen - Copenhagen/Frederiksberg 1980 - 2010
Ole W....................................................Ole Wassmann - Vanløse 1963 - 1973
O.Lind...................................................Olga Lind - Holstebro 1918 - 1948
OLJ.......................................................Ole Lindholt Jensen - Copenhagen 1982 - 1990
OLLIE BEE...........................................Camilla Frederiksen / Ollie Bee - Karrebæksminde 2005 - ?
OI.P.......................................................Orla Petersen - Kerteminde 1906 - 1937
Olsen.....................................................CO. Olsen - Nakskov 1893 - 1937
O.Lund..................................................Firmaet Oscar Lund - Thisted 1937 - 1957
O.Lund..................................................Oscar Lund - Tisted 1925 - 1937
O.M.......................................................O.C. Møller - Odense 1893 - 1937
O.M.......................................................Oskar Mattsson - Copenhagen 1948 - 1968
O.M.......................................................Ole Møbius - Copenhagen 1971 - 1974
O.M.......................................................Ole Mathiesen - Copenhagen 1976 - ?
OMEGA................................................Casper Gebeke / The Swatch Group, Norden - Hellerup 2003 - ?
OMH.......................................................Mads Heindorf - Copenhagen 2009 - 2009
O.MOGENSEN.........................................Orla Vagn Mogensen - Copenhagen 1948 - 1975
Orla Vagn Mogensen - Copenhagen 1948 - 1975
O.MOGENSEN......................................O.V.Mogensen's Eftf. - Nivå 1975 - 2009
O. MOGENSEN.....................................Evald Nielsens Eftf. - Nivå 2009 - ?
OMS......................................................Italine - Risskov 1995 - 2008
O.N........................................................Ole Nibe Nielsen - Glostrup 1964 - 1973
O.N........................................................Otto Peter Ejnar Nielsen - Copenhagen 1944 - 1964
ONILA....................................................Onumila v/Per Knudsen - Nørreballe 1977 - 1985
OO.........................................................Ofelia`s Opal - Gentofte 2008 - ?
O.P.........................................................O.P.Petersen - Copenhagen 1893 - 1937
O.P.........................................................Ole Bent Petersen - Copenhagen 1963 - 1973
O.Petersen............................................Orla Petersen - Kerteminde 1906 - 1937
O.P.H.....................................................Oskar Peter Hammeken - Copenhagen 1927 - 1957
OR.........................................................Guldsmed Otto Rasmussen - Nakskov 2011 - ?
O.R........................................................Otto Rasmussen - Nakskov 1923 - 2011
O.Riis Olsen..........................................Ole Riis Olsen - Åbenrå 1971 - 1973
O.Riis Olsen..........................................Ole Riis Olsen - Roskilde 1977 - 1995
ORIT.......................................................Orit Elchanati Samuelsen - Hellerup 2011 - ?
ORO......................................................Ole Riis Olsen - Roskilde 1979 - 1995
ORS.......................................................Smykkeværkstedet v/Orsero - Svendborg 1989 - 1991
OS..........................................................Olga Christina Alexandrova Stanislavova / Olstton - Copenhagen 2009 - ?
O.S.........................................................Ole Stegemuller - Copenhagen 1967 - 1973
O.S.........................................................Ole Sørensen & P. Hansen - Aalborg 1980 - 2000
O.& S.....................................................Ottesen & Sundstrøm - Copenhagen 1905 - 1937
OSA.......................................................Ohannes Sabrzian - Glostrup 1985 - 2003
Oscar Lund...........................................Oscar Lund - Thisted 1925 - 1937
Oscar Lund...........................................Oscar Lund - Thisted 1937 - 1957
O.S.F......................................................Otto S. Friis - Kolding 1906 - 1937
O.S.H.....................................................Otto Sigfred Hansen - Copenhagen 1958 - 1980
O.S.J......................................................Ove Søndergaard Jensen - Odense 1963 - 1973
O.Skov...................................................Ove Skov - Stenløse 1987 - 1997
Os.L.......................................................Oskar Lorenzen - Nexø 1937 - 1947
Os.L.......................................................Oskar Lorenzen - Neksø 1921 - 1937
O.S.O.....................................................Otto S.Olsen - Faxe 1927 - 1937
OSR.......................................................No.1 v/Ole Stoner - Saltum 1992 - ?
O.S.S.....................................................Ove S. Sørensen - Slagelse 1970 - ?
OT..........................................................Raad Aloraidi / Orient - Copenhagen 1994 - ?
Oth.........................................................Charlotte Othmar - Copenhagen 1993 - 1994
OTHMAR...............................................Charlotte Othmar / Othmar A/S - Copenhagen 1999 - 2007
OTHMAR...............................................Charlotte Othmar Aps - Copenhagen 2007 - ?
O.Sø.......................................................Ove Søgaard - Kolding 1982 - 1984
O.Sø.......................................................Ove Søgaard - Kolding 1990 - 1992
Ot.J........................................................Otto Vilhelm Jensen - Vanløse 1962 - 1972
Otte........................................................Kristian Otte - Aalborg 2000 - 2000
OTTE.....................................................Reparations værkstedet - Aalborg 2011 - ?
Otto Rasmussen...................................Otto Rasmussen - Nakskov 1923 - 2003
OV.........................................................Ole Vesterbæk / Yunik - Aarhus 1995 - ?
OVE.......................................................Ove Madsen - Odense C 1984 - ?
Ove Bang...............................................Ove Bang Jensen - Frederikshavn 1989 - 2010
Ove Eriksen..........................................Ove H.G. Eriksen - Åbyhøj 1934 - 1974
Ove N....................................................Ove Norstedt Nielsen - Herlev 1967 - 1973
Ove W...................................................Ove Wendt - Copenhagen 1933 - 1943
Ove Wendt............................................Ove Wendt - Copenhagen 1933 - 1943
Ove Wendt............................................Ove Wendt Sølvsmedie - Hellerup 1977 - 1982
Ovi.........................................................Ovimex - Hadsund 1979 - 1982
OVM.......................................................Gregers Holt / Evald Nielsens Eftf. - Stenløse 2009 - ?
O.V.M.....................................................Orla Vagn Mogensen - Copenhagen 1949 - 1975
O.V.M.....................................................O.V.Mogensen's Eftf. - Nivå 1975 - 2009
O.W.......................................................O. Wulff - Copenhagen 1893 - 1937
O.W.......................................................Orla Wichmann - Copenhagen 1958 - 1983
O.W.J....................................................Ole Waldemar Jacobsen - Copenhagen 1952 - 2002
Owren....................................................Ingvald Owren - Esbjerg 1920 - 1937
OX.........................................................Tina Oxager - Århus C 1992 - 1993



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