help id this mark

howey · Post by **howey** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:52 pm

while digging in the garden i found this spoon . i have looked all over the internet and cant find these hallmarks...if they are hallmarks???? any info appreciated

thanks
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howey · Post by **howey** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:04 pm

thanks dmay.....im not to good with the p.c.

howey · Post by **howey** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:48 pm

no one know then ????

Kit · Post by **Kit** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:33 pm

Please allow some time, Mark. Responders here are volunteers with other claims on their time. Thanks.

Kit · Post by **Kit** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:35 pm

P.S. Of course, it could be true that no one knows.

howey · Post by **howey** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:01 am

lol thanks im just curious....how does someone know its silver plate tho , does the mark say that ????

Kit · Post by **Kit** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:56 pm

All I can make from your photo is a series of pseudomarks, marks to suggest silver on an object which isn't, not even silverplate. Some makers include one or two seeming pseudomarks as part of their silver "signature," but these makers and marks are documented in the reference books.

I couldn't find a match in my books, but I may have missed it. I'm sure if the mark is attributable, someone will be along to let us know.

Kit

Post by **2209patrick** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:13 pm

Agree with Kit that those are psuedo marks, possibly British.
Usually we see these kind of marks on silverplate. Another possibility is that they are nickel silver and were never silverplated.
Checked my references, but could not find that set of marks.

Pat.