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need help to identify hallmark

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:40 pm
by Carlos Penna
Can anyone help me to identify this mark on a tray? Could it be the Britannia mark on a 1909 tray? With "MADE IN ENGLAND"????
Thanks very much,
Carlos

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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:09 pm
by Neruda
Looks like Lionel Alfred Crichton marked in Dubin. This company had pieces asayed (ie tested) in both London and Dublin.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:23 am
by admin
After 1892 or so, the US required goods of foreign make to be marked with the country of origin. The Crichton Brothers had an upscale retail showroom in New York, I think on Fifth Ave., for which they imported their own goods.

Regards, Tom

ps. it is Britannia standard
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:02 am
by Neruda
Looking again at your hallmarks, it is London NOT Dublin! And the date letter is an Old English "o" corresponding to 1929. 1909 was a regular "o".
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:26 am
by Carlos Penna
Thank you very much Neruda for your explanations.
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