Terry & Williams alternate mark? Any idea about the FdotH placement?
Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.
Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.
Owners initials.
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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.
T&W is Tudor & Whitford of Dublin. This mark was registered by Richard Whitford who became free of the Dublin Goldsmiths Company in 1802 and died in 1824.
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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.
Excellent, and as I see now by search, also never to be confused with Topham & White. Thanks for the fast work!
Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.
If I'm reading these sub-notes correctly (under the Irish date chart), then the shield shape around the marks here is used 1797-1807, thereby narrowing the date range for the spoon.
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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.
From observation of Dublin marks the cut corner rectangle was actually in use from 1794 and the duty mark was introduced during the 1807/08 assay year, giving a slightly wider window. However T&W's working dates were, according to Bennett, the authority on Dublin silver, 1802-1824, so we can assume a date range of 1802-1807.
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