Are these Birmingham date Letters?

[gsmoggy]

Hi Members
trying to work out if these are English letters? For a friend .Is this a U for Birmingham !840 ? On silver?cigar case ,sorry no images of case .

Or is it a fancy E ,for EPNS? only two letters showing ,are they a np ,hd ?

Would appreciate opinions.


Regards Guido.

[silverly]

Can’t exactly make out the letters, but won’t be surprised if they turn out to be “EPNS.”

[gsmoggy]

Thanks Silverly

I feel you may be correct,I now feel the first letter may be an N ,for NPS.
Did they the N first on some occasions?

As we know most standard hallmarks do not start with 2 letters.

Regards Guido.

[oel]

Not the gothic letter N but E, yes I believe it to be EPNS
See here for a clear example;
https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53786


Peter.

[gsmoggy]

Many Thanks Oel

Great work ,the owner maybe a bit disappointed,at least he now knows the answer.
I have attached some lager images.

Regards Guido.

[gsmoggy]

Hi Oel
Do we know what maker used these letters?

Regards Guido.

[silvermakersmarks]

Pretty much everybody used EPNS, the gothic/Old-English form being particularly popular. It is a generic abbreviation.

Phil

[gsmoggy]

Hi Phil

Many thanks much appreciated.

I will pass the info on to the owner.


Regards Guido.