Sterling? Bell

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poy
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Sterling? Bell

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I'm having trouble with these markings. Any help?


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Re: Sterling? Bell

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This could be Edinburgh silver. Your second picture includes images of what appears to be a Victoria duty mark, a damaged thistle punch (possibly) and what may well be the maker's mark of Hamilton, Crichton & Co (H.C&Co). If it is Edinburgh there should also be the castle mark of the Edinburgh Assay Office and a date letter.

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Re: Sterling? Bell

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The bell looks too continental.`` Thistle`` mark is wrong (try to clean it and take better picture).
How`s the figure fixed to the bell? Finials, figures if not soldered are supposed to have the same set of marks as the bell itself.
Many bells I have seen were composed of parts taken from different objects.

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Screwed together. No markings on the figure that I can find.

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Re: Sterling? Bell

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You are far more likely to get an answer if you embed your images, very few people will click on links.

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Re: Sterling? Bell

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dognose wrote:You are far more likely to get an answer if you embed your images, very few people will click on links.

Trev.

I tried, I get a message saying they are too big. The posting requirements says to post links instead when this happens.
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I tried, I get a message saying they are too big.
Then reduce the size, embed them, and increase your chances of getting an answer.

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