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by Jim C.
Thu May 26, 2005 10:05 am
Forum: Sheffield Hallmarks
Topic: sheffield date letter - folding knife
Replies: 7
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Sheffield Date Letter

Thank you, Tom.
That makes sense.
If I were setting up shop on my own, I would want to conduct business my own way.

Jim
by Jim C.
Wed May 25, 2005 11:18 pm
Forum: Sheffield Hallmarks
Topic: sheffield date letter - folding knife
Replies: 7
Views: 9063

Sheffield Date Letter

Hi Sadmark, The date letter matches the date letter for Birmingham's assay office for 1898. Since another web site describes the separation of Birmingham's assay office from Sheffield's in 1773, I suspect Birmingham's assay office used Sheffield's date letters. The difference between the two offices...
by Jim C.
Wed May 25, 2005 10:51 pm
Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
Topic: Maker's Mark WHH - Birmingham, England circa 1911
Replies: 2
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Maker's Mark WHH - Birmingham, England circa 1911

I request someone's assistance with identifying the pictured piece and its maker. The hallmarks show a Birmingham assay around 1911. The year hallmark is difficult to make out. It looks like a lower case "L." The maker's mark appears to be WHH in a rectangular shield with cut corners. A go...

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