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Thanks, Trev! The seller of the item in question indicated Twentyman, but I couldn't see the mark among my resources (which are obviously incomplete!). The mark is on a tankard (well, more correctly a cann) that the seller guestimated in a PM to me to be about 300 ml in volume (I calculated it may b...

Might anyone recognize the maker of this mark?

Does anyone else see the humor in these marks?



Did that old duty dodger reform his ways and finally go legit? Inquiring minds!

P.S. - Given the rarity of these marks, the item should go for a goodly premium, ha!

Hi, folk! Been away for a while, not really collecting much anymore, in fact getting closer to de-accession phase, alas. However, could not pass up this one, a big Hanoverian shell bowl soup ladle by Elizabeth Oldfield (14 1/8 inches long, 190 grams). Date mark is so squashed it is hard to decipher,...

Thanks for the clarification. Though a remake and not a period piece, it has a certain charm for me, one of my favorite ladles. Thanks again, take care.

Just dropping in for a moment. Have been off in another venue chasing unicorns, but recently came across the item below, a kind of a silver grail of mine for some time. The king of sterling flatware is arguably the large soup or punch ladle, and while I have a few others, I've had a hankering for a ...

Thank you for the link. It looked vaguely familiar, and a search of my bookmarks identified the web site that I had forgotten. Ding, dong! Thanks for the reminder!

Just obtained a muffineer with the marks shown below, I believe for London, 1928-29, but my references don't go that late with regards to makers. Might someone identify the silversmith responsible for this item ? TIA!

Thank you for your responses. Whether the maker's mark is actually for Argo or Allen, it appears to me that whoever fashioned the IA punch also made the ABD stamp, observing the similarity of the letters, particularly the general construction of and the serifs on the A marks. Other considerations ar...

I have incoming an early Xmas present, an Old English pattern silver soup ladle that was presented by the seller as circa 1830 by unknown smith LA of Aberdeen. Given the pattern and maker's mark, I believe it's from about fifty years earlier, perhaps by John Argo of nearby Banff in around 1775-80, o...

I'm sure if you had asked generally about differences in collector interest of items, rather than differences of value, it might have remained intact. Thanks for your input. I had actually considered framing my inquiry in safer, more nebulous terms, but decided that when you get down to it, what in...

Thank you for the info!

Cannot identify the maker of this mark on a small fiddle pattern spoon, is reminiscent of some Colonial Indian marks with the anchors. Any ideas?

Hi, Trev! Yes, I was and am quite aware of the "immediate deletion without notice" statement in the forum rule. Of course, this rule is primarily aimed at those individuals who want a quick specific dollar appraisal in order to flip an item that they have just acquired, their interest mone...

Thank you for your elucidation. I had interpreted forum rules to imply requests for a dollar value on a specific item were forbidden and not with respect to a generalized relative value of classes of items (no specific dollar values involved). Sorry, I didn't realize that the prohibition was that se...

Round 2? (I thought I posted this general question a couple of days ago, but it appears to have disappeared into the ether without a bubble.) Scottish provincial town marked pieces are keenly collected by a number of silver devotees. But a few of the small town silversmiths had some of their work ha...

Re the breaking up of sugar lumps, note that this ladle is about 1860 manufacture (pattern attributed to Vanderslice) or slightly thereafter. I had thought that this was after the introduction of granulated sugar, but it appears that this was the transition time, so you may well be right, Trev, sorr...

Closer examination indicates that the nicks have shape consistent with impact by a knife point as opposed to, say, an ice pick or awl. Definitely mechanical, not chemical, damage. Now what would people be stabbing with a knife in a ladle bowl, hundreds of times? As mentioned in the referenced thread...

Oops, forgot the measurements: 207 grams, 32.2 cm length, 11.5 cm bowl width.

I just picked up a nice early San Francisco silver (likely coin) soup ladle made or flogged on by Fredrick Reichel in the beaded pattern (Vanderslice dies?), as retailed by M.M.Baldwin. Here are a few pics: https://i.imgur.com/b7gtZnu.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/CTgMiTh.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/SA1TO...