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- Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:10 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
- Replies: 5
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Re: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
There are no hallmarks anywhere that we can find.
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:33 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
- Replies: 5
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Re: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
Oh and they appear to be old silverplate, not electroplate. My mother always referred to them as Sheffield but I wonder if they might not be American given the provenance?
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:18 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
- Replies: 5
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Re: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
Thanks. My wife found similar info this morning and we actually think we know which Gordon family used it. The crest is very similar to Gordon of Kenmuir in Scotland but it appears to have been used by the Gordon family in Virginia when they owned a small plantation they called Kenmore after Kenmuir...
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
- Replies: 5
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3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
This is a set of two chafing dishes silverplate on really heavy copper. I'm just curious as to who the family might be. Looks Scottish but I can't find anything that quite matches. Close-up of crest (man with club, helmet, 3 boars heads, Dread God motto): https://i.imgur.com/LCFrPCW.jpg The lid from...
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:06 pm
- Forum: London Hallmarks
- Topic: A new acquisition... but who made it?
- Replies: 8
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Re: A new acquisition... but who made it?
I'm not sure why the insistence on attributing the piece to Charles Fox (either one). Here's a teapot by Crispin Fuller (1820) with what looks to me like the same mark as the OP. Note that the OP's mark appears to be in a rounded rectangle while Fox's marks are all in very obvious ovals. There are o...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:03 pm
- Forum: London Hallmarks
- Topic: A new acquisition... but who made it?
- Replies: 8
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Re: A new acquisition... but who made it?
Try Crispin Fuller. See: http://www.silvercollection.it/englishs ... ksXC3.html