Maker's Mark WHH - Birmingham, England circa 1911

[Jim C.]

I request someone's assistance with identifying the pictured piece and its maker.
The hallmarks show a Birmingham assay around 1911. The year hallmark is difficult to make out. It looks like a lower case "L."

The maker's mark appears to be WHH in a rectangular shield with cut corners. A gold presentation plate is soldered to the medal's front. The suspension ring has a lion mark on it, also, out of sight.

I have scrutinized the Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks, and Maker's Marks, but have yet to find a section in it on British makers' marks.

Pictures of this medal are attached.



I will be gratefully indebted to anyone who helps.

ps. I noticed the design is engraved by hand. The design is not uniform, and the cuts that make the filigree have traces of saw marks.
Also, the year letter is for 1910, not 1911 as I originally posted.

[admin]

Hi Jim,

My references yielded nothing. Searching google for "whh birmingham' offered lots of returns, mainly from auction houses. When you view these, almost all of the known makers are listed by name rather than initials. Since WHH was always listed by initial only, it leads me to believe that this mark isn't published in any currently available reference material.
I did find a page that you should find interesting, another fob by him is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explor ... ID=JEW0224

Regards, Tom

[petehaseler]

Hi Jim

Try William Hair Haseler

Pete