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I think long ago I had contemporary Norwegian spoons with this mark. 830s it was, probably 83%, they were going green, not sterling.

You fork is made in the Hanoverian pattern

Wow! Trev... I am impressed, nothing else to add. It takes time and love to the subject to learn the details like that! This is actually the first piece I see engraved on the underside, but, again, I was never as deep in antiques as you, guys, for me it ...

Thank you very much! I've learned something... Next I will try to find out why the axe is engraved on the underside, not on the outer surface. Most of antique cuttlery pieces I had before were engraved on the side opposite to the hallmarks.
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Thank you, Trev - but unfortunately this is not completely explaining the issue. Date letters are very similar, I fully agree, however the way they are shown in the London date letters table, they still have two different features - shape of the shield and shape of the letter itself. The shield on ...

This is definitely a sterling fork, I tested it two ways on drop-tests. Jaguar is crowned, duty mark is 18th-19th century, but the date letter, being compared with the one in the table for London from this site falls onto 1835, not onto 1795 - which seems impossible due to the coincidence in the ...