1878 Birmingham Maker SML or SMD

[vemthompson]

Sterling picture frame

Birmingham 1878 (Letter D)

Maker S.M.L. or S.M.D. (Last letter may be incomplete)

Any ideas?

Victoria in Toronto

[Scotprov]

Are you sure that you have the right 'd'? Is there a queen's head duty mark?
If it is an ordinary, lower case 'd', with no duty mark, it would be 1903, in which case S.M.L would be Samuel M and Charles M Levi.
This is why a photo is so useful, everyone always hopes their piece is that little bit older.

Richard

[refugee]

Sounds like the hallmark I am looking for information on. It is a pair of candleholders with SML or SMD but looks more like S.M.L all in capital letters contained in a plain rectangle.

Anchor (City=Birmingham???) in shield like feature with lowest point at bottom middle of the shield. Lion mark in same shield shape. Capital E, in same shield shape. Looks like an F in the photo but it is an E



I will also post these on a separate new topic to see if someone can help us.


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[vemthompson]

Refugee:

Your photo is great -- my markings are identical except I have a capital D instead of the E.

Thanks.