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Need help with maker´s mark and date

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 5:48 am
by KCBoas
I am not sure about the silver maker´s mark. Could it be William Turner? I also cannot identify the date letter.

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Re: Need help with maker´s mark and date

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 6:13 am
by silvermakersmarks
Definitely William Turner - the stop at the end is a distinctive feature. Turner registered this mark in June 1754 and these forms of the crowned leopard's head and lion passant marks were only in use until 1755/56. So the date letter (the mark on the left) can only be "t" or "u":

1754/55:
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1755/56:
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I favour 1755

Phil

Re: Need help with maker´s mark and date

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 6:20 am
by AG2012
Hi,
William Turner berry spoon with later Victorian embellishment.
Regards

Re: Need help with maker´s mark and date

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:33 pm
by KCBoas
silvermakersmarks wrote:Definitely William Turner - the stop at the end is a distinctive feature. Turner registered this mark in June 1754 and these forms of the crowned leopard's head and lion passant marks were only in use until 1755/56. So the date letter (the mark on the left) can only be "t" or "u":

1754/55:
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1755/56:
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I favour 1755

Phil
Thanks, Phil

Re: Need help with maker´s mark and date

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:34 pm
by KCBoas
AG2012 wrote:Hi,
William Turner berry spoon with later Victorian embellishment.
Regards
Thanks