Identifying STERLING marks

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Identifying STERLING marks

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Would anyone have any ideas about associating this STERLING mark with a maker's mark?

Is there a list of STERLING marks that can be attributed to specific makers?


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For instance:

Carden Terry used these STERLING punches

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Patrick Ryan used this one:

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John Nicholson used this one:

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Or this example used by John Warner:

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Hi Argentum,

Such a list would be an interesting project, I'm not aware of such a resource existing. I suppose one spanner in the works may be a possible shared use of a punch, especially amongst the less prolific smiths.

It would also be great to know how many die-cutters were working in the provinces that were capable of producing such punches.

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Even with shared use of punches, a list of punches positively associated makers would narrow the gap somewhat, as would be a list of those capable of making such punches.
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Here is a punch used by John Nicholson and Nicholas Nicholson:


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John Hiliary's STERLING punch


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A STERLING punch used by the Carden Terry & Jane Williams commercial partnership:


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An example used by George Hodder:

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John Tolken's punch:

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Michael McDermott:

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Joseph Gibson:

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William Clarke

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An example used by Richard Stevens:

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An interesting punch used by William Teulon:

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Argentum2 wrote:Would anyone have any ideas about associating this STERLING mark with a maker's mark?

Is there a list of STERLING marks that can be attributed to specific makers?

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Can you please post photos of the item of silver this mark is on. Now I may be mistaken but I have a vague recollection of seeing this particular STERLING mark online recently and the item had the crest of an eagle's head looking left. I recall thinking at the time that maybe the crest was a bald eagle and the silver American rather than Irish. Is this the same item? Perhaps tracing the crest would help identify the origin of this silver item.
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I saw that item and the crest looked that of Westropp of Carrigaline, Co. Cork, I think.
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The American identification crossed my own mind but ultimately I excluded it on the basis of other examples of the Westropp crest and on the decline of heraldic crests on American silver after the misadventure of 1776.
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This version is of Westropp of Attyfin park in Limerick:

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An example used by John Warner

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