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Your advice, Trev, has been helpful and enlightening.

Mike

Trev, Thank you once again for the concrete lead on Andrew Fraser. The 92nd Gordon Highlanders were in India 1868-1881, then Natal South Africa 1881-1885, then the Channel Islands 1885-1887, and thereafter Belfast 1887-1892. Do you suppose any of these locations are likely to have a silversmith capa...

Trev, On closer inspection the top mark is indeed STGSIL. Enclosed below is a hand drawn image of the maker's mark that appears on each of the fittings. The A is inaccurately drawn to be broader than it actually is. Many thanks for your help. Mike http://www.4freeimagehost.com/uploads/72cc79b29b3d.j...

I am hoping to attract some expert help in deciphering the markings on a dirk of the pattern worn by the Gordon Highlanders. Photo is below. My belief is that this dirk dates from the 1880s. My camera, unfortunately, cannot accurately capture the markings, so I will describe them. The maker's marks ...

dognose wrote:Robert & Henry Bruce Kirkwood both served their apprenticeships under their father James Kirkwood, whose working period was 1834-1872.

At the last registration of R & HB Kirkwood, Henry Bruce Kirkwood was listed as sole partner.

Trev.

Many thanks for this additional data.

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. The working period for Robert & Henry Bruce Kirkwood appears to be 1872 until 1915. However, the business appears to have been continued by the oddly named Elizabeth 'Henry' Kirkwood, who continued to submit work to the Edinburgh Assay Office until 1965. Trev. Thank yo...

Would anyone know the years of operation of the Edinburgh silversmiths and goldsmiths 'R&HB Kirkwood, 66-68 Thistle St, Edninburgh' whose maker's tablet appears on military badges, brooches, and accoutrements. I have not seen the Kirkwood mark on any hallmarked badge past about 1912. I infer fro...