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Silver plate date letters.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:42 pm
by paulh
Does anyone know if any records of silver plate
date letters for manufacturers such as Mappin and Webb, Martin, Hall & Co and James Dixon?
Re: Silver plate date letters.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:44 pm
by paulh
paulh wrote:Does anyone know if any records of silver plate
date letters for manufacturers such as Mappin and Webb, Martin, Hall & Co and James Dixon?
I have date letters for Walker and Hall and Elkington, but would like to find others.
Re: Silver plate date letters.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:43 am
by dognose
Hi Paul,
A while back we did try to crack the dating systems of Mappin & Web and Martin, Hall & Co., but made little progress:
British Silverplate Dating Systems - Mappin & Webb
British Silverplate Dating Systems - Martin Hall & Co.
One of the problems we encountered with the Mappin & Webb system was that there appears to be at least two different sets of letters in use at any one time, one for 'Princes Plate' and a different set for 'Mappin Plate'.
You cracked the Walker & Hall system, it would be great if you took up the challenge for the others.
Trev.
Re: Silver plate date letters.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:04 am
by paulh
Hello Trev.
What a challenge! I was hoping that there would be a nice convenient record somewhere. I have all sorts of pieces with "date letters" but it is almost impossible to date them accurately. Presentaion engravings help in some cases, but htere is nothing to say that the engraved pieces were not old stock and the engraving was from a date later than the manufacture of the piece. I have established that W&H had a different system for their catering/hotel pieces. Instead of the regular shield used on their domestic pieces, the date letter was in a lozenge.
I will let you know if I find anything about other manufacturers. Don't hold your breath though!
Paul.