I am pretty certain that this caddy spoon started life as a teaspoon., but I am puzzled by the marks. There appear to be what look like a series of Indian tally marks after the maker’s mark of “J L”, but I cannot find any Indian colonial maker wiih those initials. Am I barking up the wrong tree?
Paul.
Tally marks?
Re: Tally marks?
Hi Paul,
Scottish tinker's marks could be a possibility. Maybe 'JL' (James Leslie of Elgin looks a match) was the original maker and years later, a travelling tinker made some broken pieces into something useful?
Just guessing.
Trev.
Scottish tinker's marks could be a possibility. Maybe 'JL' (James Leslie of Elgin looks a match) was the original maker and years later, a travelling tinker made some broken pieces into something useful?
Just guessing.
Trev.
Re: Tally marks?
Hello Trev. That sounds plausible. In the absence of any other ideas I will go with that. If it wasn't for the other marks James Leslie was very much in the running. I will put it int my oddities and anomalies file.
Thank,
Paul.
Thank,
Paul.