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I am convinced that is the case, whether it is merely what I want to convince myself of or not I do not know, but I am almost certain it is so from the shape of the stamp and the lettering, the placement of the dot and the general outline of the lettering as well.

Its interesting I have to say, could that JA makers mark be an old one that James Allen had to replace ?. Would a silversmith do that if he found his stamp was leaving errors on pieces or not clearly defined.

Thank you Trev. I did see that on Phil's site but I was thrown by the date letter shield. I was looking for what I cheerfully called a shield with a rounded bottom and two top clipped corners rather than what I found of a square with clipped corners !. It has been described as a James Allen piece by...

Can anyone identify this mark, I think its Joseph Allen around 1821 but not sure, I cant find a match for the year or Birmingham assay mark.