Auran Kultasepät

The last letter of their mark series' are what Auran Kultasepät called 'kretsileima'. The closest translation of this is 'filings mark', specifically the waste filings or rubbish left after making a metal object. They were originally associated with being a mark for identifying the responsibility for shoddy and bad work rather than good; an internal quality or control mark if you like. Only later were these given 'master'-mark status.

 

n = Veikko Nuutinen (1941-1954)

 

aksx
x = Matti Lehto (n.1950-1989)

 

aurae
e = Raimo Roine (1946-1990)

 

risto nordling
m = Risto Nordling

 

A = Armas Ahla

 

A = Anna-Mari Autio (1980s)

 

B = Aimo Järvinen

 

C = Reino Lehtinen

 

E = Aulis Alin

 

antero kivi
K = Antero Kivi

 

eero lehtonen
L = Eero Lehtonen

 

aksp
P = Kauko Stranden (1950s)

 

P = Pertti Alin (1975-1990s)

 

R = Antero Rimmanen

 

sulevi ojala
U = Sulevi Ojala

 

harri ahokas
Ä = Matti Salonen

 

Å = Harri Ahokas

  

UNKNOWN

M, F, J, G, O, H