English marks? Any help with this spoon?

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Sparta5
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English marks? Any help with this spoon?

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Found a spoon today and it looks quite old. The marks look like English with the lion but the other mark looks like a Thistle? I thought the Thistle was Scottish? It doesn't make any since to me... and no date letter? What is going on here?
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Re: English marks? Any help with this spoon?

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Hi,

It's Canadian, George Savage of Montreal.

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Re: English marks? Any help with this spoon?

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Many thanks, I appreciate the help! I would've never guessed Canadian. Any reason why he would use pseudo British marks along with a Scottish mark?
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Such marks would likely be familiar to his ex-pat English and Scottish customers as marks indicating silver of certain quality. One can not over-estimate the use of signage at this period of time with illiteracy effecting a high percentage of the population.

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Re: English marks? Any help with this spoon?

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Very interesting. Glad to add this piece to the collection. Thanks!
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