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This maker is said to be ‘unknown’ a piece was sold in 2019 ( you can search online yourself to see ‘B.K 1841 Moscow silver). It seems to be part of a very ornate set. The basket that is clearly from the same set has a different assayer see last picture. The teapot has a coronet and B.E engraved on ...

@Qrt.S Millers is shockingly bad, in many chapters it’s just old copied information that’s way out of date. Very few experts took part in the project because Millers wanted their contribution for free. There was also the outright rejection of a few experts who had comprehensive books already on mark...

Hi Colin, these are North American. We don’t know who the maker I.D is but the mark has been noted with New York marks and various others down to Virginia. Hopefully will be identified one day.

I have three tablespoons with similar marks.

Matt.

I have a circa 1640 spoon and that has marks in the bowl. I always thought these were religious markings as they usually consist of a cross and a single initial. Funny coincidence that the initials I’ve all seen fit with the initials of the Apostles. Make up your own mind and research to see if any ...

What a wonderful item, so much of Finlands old silver is no longer in this country so it’s hard to find here now.

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Here’s a salt spoon:







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It seems from what I’ve seen the JHP conjoined is the first mark and this HP conjoined is second in the timeline.

Just wanted to share this small 15cm dessert fork. It’s marked only with a lion passant and HP conjoined. Assayed before the date letter D started in York in 1779/80. One of the earliest forms of Hampston and Princes’ mark. https://i.postimg.cc/fy4zww51/0-BC6-A9-EB-8-D57-4-A9-F-B7-EB-2-D9-BA47643-C8...

The other spoon maker who’s work is similar is Robert Sallam.

Hi Martin I would very much say this is typical of Benjamin’s work but just to help further here’s some pictures:






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I was really fascinated to come across this brightcut tablespoon by George Wintle dated 1786 right at the start at his career.... https://i.postimg.cc/T303hHyQ/B75-B5-C4-B-BCB9-46-BD-A3-BD-93338074-C0-E2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/m2QDWrBv/C7-CD54-B5-B68-A-4-BA7-82-E7-01-C1-E45-CC040.jpg https://i.pos...

It seems we all have one.....mine is marked for Dundee though....





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Apart from being based in the South of England the rifles were in South Africa in 1846/7 and that’s all that fits in that time period.

Thanks Trev! Glad you was able to see the engraving there should have been a 4th picture! It’s a fascinating spoon for sure, not sure if it was given to John Morris when he transferred to the 31st or on retirement? Also there’s a possibility it was a spoon that another army member had picked up from...

I have no idea where this comes from? India possibly? I’m sure I’ve seen the boat mark before but I can find nothing? https://i.postimg.cc/XJTRjt3S/2-C4672-D5-5571-4-A60-B7-D1-666-B7-E042-D3-C.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/0QMgqPT0/3-C18-F84-B-FD83-4-C50-80-B5-536770-CDC60-B.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/C5kW...

Was there any update to IRH? Here is a set of 3 fiddle pattern salt spoons marked IRH STER. I find the John Irish attribution one of the most tentative attributions I’ve come across, It just doesn’t fit. https://i.postimg.cc/nVdBMq2s/24018-B2-D-ADFD-4862-B144-EEFB047-E61-A7.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/...

....and more this time a pair of tongs by William Woodman of Bristol.....

Here’s another different Exeter lion for 1820....





Plus the square one I make that three different lions!

This is just an Exeter spoon by William Welch. After researching and finding other spoons with the same punches it seems like Exeter had 3 lion passant punches in 1820. One square, one wavy bottomed and one like this spoon (more wavy!) Here’s a William Hope mustard spoon’s mark: https://i.postimg.cc...

Wonderful thankyou for the information. It is 12.7cm long and weighs 34g.

There’s a Marquis crest that I’ve posted pictures of (see the Family crest section here on this forum).

Matt.