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Thanks Pat for your reply, this is a real mystery. There have been so many views and so few replies.

Can anyone suggest where I might be able to find out some more information?

Any ideas about the P G and S because they do not fit in the way that they are ,with what I have seen on web sites. They ...

hello again, I have done or rather tried to do more research and found that there were two silver plate makers around 1800 that used the fleur de lys as their mark on old sheffield plate
AH JH (Aaron Hatfield) 1808Birmingham
Small 1812 Birmingham
I. & I. W. & Co (Waterhouse & Co) Sheffield1833

But ...

Can anyone please identify the origin of this piece. I have searched and found that the fleur de lis means that the piece was made by the Hugenots but I am a complete amateur so would be grateful of any help Thanks.

no, there is no lion, but I have just come across the fleur de lis as a mark of the Huguenot silver makers but it is very difficult to find info. My father gave me the basket that looks very similar to the one shown on the site I went to and he seems very sure that it is silver. I don't know which ...

I will endeavour to get a photo on the forum but for now can anyone help? I am completely new at this.

The first mark is a crown - then the mystery mark is a fleur de lis - at least it looks like one, it is three feathers joined at the base. Then P G S. I do understand that the font needs to be ...