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Hi, When I acquired this marrow scoop, I was immediately reminded of a story that I heard many years ago, and when I posted I hoped someone might confirm the story without me prompting them, thus bringing some credilbility to it, as I had heard it only once. I was told the reason provincial makers a...

Hi Clive, That's an interesting point and one I had not thought of before, I've seen items where the piercings had cut through the hallmark and assumed that it was a later decoration or that if it was punched in a block of four that one had clipped a piercing, but applying the decoration later makes...

Hi Jim, It not that the marks are mis-struck, the spoon would have gone to the Hall "in the rough" i.e. unpolished, the striking of the marks would have distorted the stem, on its return the silversmith would have hammered the stem back into shape and distorted the marks, or am I preaching...

Hi Jim,

It's very difficult to call, datewise I would think 1720-1739. The maker would have to be a guess, it does not look like John Holland (I or II) to me, a possibility may be George Hodges who entered his mark in 1728.
It would be good to see what others think.

Regards Trev.
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Is it possible that the JS could be an overstrike of the CS part of CSH mark? (If that makes any sense!)

Trev.
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Hi Nigel,

Sorry about the overlap, I must learn to type faster!

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Hi Charles, The Foxs' were quite a dynasty, possibly starting with a Charles Fox, a silversmith who entered his mark in Dublin in 1747. The Fox business we know of today started on 20th October 1801 when Charles Fox (1), entered into partnership with James Turner at 3, Old Street, London. The partne...

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Looks like its Danish, Jens Sigsgaard, check out Danish marks on the Home page.

Regards Trev.

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Square punch for silver, round punch for gold.

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Looks like 9ct. London 1963. Sorry don't know the maker.

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Hi, Sorry that nobody could help you so far, but don't give up, the great thing about the Forum is that someone could see it next year and answer your question! The fact that noboby has answered so far would indicate that your Champagne bucket is not a common one, which is good news. I don't think T...

Hi John, The Sun mark is the import mark for London, the K indicates that the date of the import was 1905, the 925 is the standard for sterling silver i.e.925/1000. The BM is the importers mark and stands for Berthold Muller. He was a very large importer of silver at this period. I'll let someone el...

Hi Stillpipin,

Birmingham 1953, sorry I do not know the maker but I'm sure someone will.

Regards Trev.

I think Newcastle can be ruled out, their first Duty Mark was contained within an oval.

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Hi Miles, Thanks for spotting the typo. The spoon is in excellent condition with very little wear and there is no evidence of a makers mark ever having been struck. I feel this error would never happen in London, where the control was undoubtingly stricter, that and the Lion Passant points to the pr...

Hi, This is an unusual teaspoon, it is a fancy-back Hanoverian pattern of a type you would expect to find c.1850, but it has an incised 1784/5 Duty mark and it has no makers mark or any sign that it ever had one. The Lion Passant is a provincial one and it is just under 5" in length. It is poss...

Hi, I would be interested on anyones' thoughts on this marrow scoop, it's 8 1/4" in length and whilst quite narrow it is of a heavy gauge. It has only two marks, a makers mark JM in an oblong box, and a head in profile facing right very similar to a British duty mark and contained in a circle. ...

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Has anyone any ideas on who may be the maker of this very early thimble?
The makers mark is BW and three pellets contained within a heart.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Regards Trev.


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Hi Gary,

Yes, 100% correct.

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In the early 18th century, prior to there being a fully organised police force, if you were robbed there was little chance of seeing your silver again. To counter this problem Goldsmith's Hall organised a very effective system of passing information, in September 1722 they advertised this service: U...