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by silvermakersmarks
Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:32 am
Forum: Chester Hallmarks
Topic: MARK ON SILVER MILK POT AND SUGAR BOWL
Replies: 3
Views: 289

Re: MARK ON SILVER MILK POT AND SUGAR BOWL

I'm not sure why your image is not showing (for me, anyway) as you seem to be doing everything right. Here it is with exactly the same coding:

https://i.postimg.cc/cHWQ5L91/PXL-20250331-092030283.jpg

The daisy is a private mark of John Millward Banks, something like a modern logo, which is very ...
by silvermakersmarks
Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:53 pm
Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
Topic: Identifying a maker
Replies: 1
Views: 428

Re: Identifying a maker

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Images of marks and the items they are on are essential for questions to be answered properly. The following should help you:

https://postimages.org is recommended as an image host (after uploading your picture/s click 'Share', then copy and paste the 'Hotlink for ...
by silvermakersmarks
Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:05 pm
Forum: Gold Marks - Worldwide
Topic: Rolled gold locket, hoping to date by patent
Replies: 5
Views: 1108

Re: Rolled gold locket, hoping to date by patent

So US patents are no good. Apologies for sending you on a wild goose chase. I don't think older British patents can be searched online and I don't know of a correlation between patent number and year of issue.
by silvermakersmarks
Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:44 am
Forum: Gold Marks - Worldwide
Topic: Rolled gold locket, hoping to date by patent
Replies: 5
Views: 1108

Re: Rolled gold locket, hoping to date by patent

Hi and welcome to the forum

I believe that you can search for patent numbers here: https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.html. I can't read the number in your picture but no doubt it looks clearer in "real life". I think you will need to put a 0 (zero) in front of the number to ...
by silvermakersmarks
Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:05 am
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Can Anyone Identify This Family Crest?
Replies: 1
Views: 2586

Re: Can Anyone Identify This Family Crest?

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Your images are not showing. I note that you are using our suggested image host, Postimages, but you have linked to the pages on which the pictures are shown rather than the pictures themselves. To get the required embedded image link click "Share" on your image pages ...
by silvermakersmarks
Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:07 pm
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Dublin 1719 maker's mark PK
Replies: 6
Views: 2652

Re: Dublin 1719 maker's mark PK

From Bennett:

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by silvermakersmarks
Sat Mar 08, 2025 1:50 pm
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Dublin 1719 maker's mark PK
Replies: 6
Views: 2652

Re: Dublin 1719 maker's mark PK

I can confirm that this PK mark is definitely one attributed to Philip Kinnersly by Douglas Bennett in "Collecting Irish Silver".
by silvermakersmarks
Sat Mar 08, 2025 11:41 am
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Dublin 1719 maker's mark PK
Replies: 6
Views: 2652

Re: Dublin 1719 maker's mark PK

We really need to see your picture embedded but PK could be Philip KInnersley, working dates 1702-1742.
by silvermakersmarks
Sun Feb 23, 2025 11:47 am
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Set of six knives, seeking maker
Replies: 4
Views: 15391

Re: Set of six knives, seeking maker

Although there is no town mark I am pretty sure that this is a Sheffield mark with the date letter "o" for the assay year 1906/07. The maker's mark has been double-struck, either one mark over a different one or the same mark struck twice because of a poor first strike. I favour the latter and think ...
by silvermakersmarks
Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:55 am
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Set of six knives, seeking maker
Replies: 4
Views: 15391

Re: Set of six knives, seeking maker

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Your images are not showing. The following should help you:

https://postimages.org is recommended as an image host (after uploading your picture/s click 'Share', then copy and paste the 'Hotlink for forums' code to embed your images). Do not use Photobucket or Dropbox ...
by silvermakersmarks
Mon Feb 17, 2025 3:17 am
Forum: Silver Plate Trademarks - Single Image
Topic: Elkington - what is the date?
Replies: 3
Views: 4419

Re: Elkington - what is the date?

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Letter O in a diamond shape would be 1853.

Phil
by silvermakersmarks
Sun Feb 16, 2025 5:15 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Help Dating Silver Cufflinks
Replies: 5
Views: 8813

Re: Help Dating Silver Cufflinks

Not Joseph Adams & Sons who were working in the late 18th century. It also doesn't match the currently documented mark of J Aitkin & Son which doesn't have serifs on the letters. However it may very well be an undocumented Aitkin & Son mark.
by silvermakersmarks
Sun Feb 16, 2025 12:56 pm
Forum: European Jewelry
Topic: Help Dating Silver Cufflinks
Replies: 5
Views: 8813

Re: Help Dating Silver Cufflinks

Hi and welcome to the forum. That's v for 1895 - easily (and frequently) confused with b for 1876.

Phil
by silvermakersmarks
Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:01 pm
Forum: Gold Marks - Worldwide
Topic: Italian Gold Maker's Mark Query
Replies: 4
Views: 6099

Re: Italian Gold Maker's Mark Query

Hi and welcome to the forum.

You will need to upload your picture/s to an online image host and then post a link using IMG tags. It's much more straightforward than it sounds.

https://postimages.org is recommended as an image host (after uploading your picture/s click 'Share', then copy and paste ...
by silvermakersmarks
Fri Feb 07, 2025 6:48 pm
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: Seal top spoon
Replies: 14
Views: 9279

Re: Seal top spoon

I have no idea what this creature is supposed to be (a goat perhaps?) but it definitely is not a London leopard's head erased. I have moved your post from London Hallmarks to European Other Countries in hopes that it might be recognised there.

Phil
by silvermakersmarks
Wed Feb 05, 2025 4:31 am
Forum: Sheffield Hallmarks
Topic: Need help, silver
Replies: 5
Views: 13660

Re: Need help, silver

This is a Sheffield sterling silver hallmark with the date letter q for 1933 and the maker's mark FC for Frank Cobb & Co Ltd of Sheffield. The "W Greenwood & Sons" mark is there as the retailer.

Phil
by silvermakersmarks
Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:50 pm
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: I Thought it Would be Easy??
Replies: 2
Views: 15312

Re: I Thought it Would be Easy??

Hi and welcome to the forum.

The easier marks to identify are the older ones as there are published references for most of the assay offices, although there are still some holes in the identification. For modern marks (which includes a fair chunk of the 20th century) there are no or few references ...
by silvermakersmarks
Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:52 am
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Gentleman's cane - London 1884 - F.B - Frederick Brasted?
Replies: 3
Views: 6838

Re: Gentleman's cane - London 1884 - F.B - Frederick Brasted?

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum.

There should be no confusion between the marks of Brasted (FB in a rectangular punch with cut corners) and Fanny Benjamin (F.B in an oval punch). However the mark on your cane (F.B in a rectangular punch with cut corners) is neither of these so we have to look ...
by silvermakersmarks
Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:39 pm
Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
Topic: Is this Sheffield Sterling ?
Replies: 1
Views: 18786

Re: Is this Sheffield Sterling ?

Not Sheffield, it's a Scottish provincial mark. I think it's probably James Davie of Greenock.

Phil
by silvermakersmarks
Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:59 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Correct category please.
Replies: 1
Views: 8142

Re: Correct category please.

HI and welcome to the forum. Moderators can move posts between topics so just start with your best guess.

Phil

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