Not sure about the maker´s mark and date
Not sure about the maker´s mark and date
Could this be John Lambe, year 1763?
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Re: Not sure about the maker´s mark and date
Your date, 1763, is definitely correct. And IL may very well be John Lambe as he obtained his freedom of the Goldsmiths Company in 1762. However we cannot be certain because any registration of his mark in this period will have been lost as the relevant register for largeworkers covering 1758 to 1773 is no longer in existence. He is certainly assumed to have had a mark entered in this missing register as he is recorded already as a spoonmaker in a list annexed to a Parliamentary Report of 1773. The best we can say is that it is probably John Lambe's mark.
Phil
Phil
Re: Not sure about the maker´s mark and date
Thanks, Phil.silvermakersmarks wrote:Your date, 1763, is definitely correct. And IL may very well be John Lambe as he obtained his freedom of the Goldsmiths Company in 1762. However we cannot be certain because any registration of his mark in this period will have been lost as the relevant register for largeworkers covering 1758 to 1773 is no longer in existence. He is certainly assumed to have had a mark entered in this missing register as he is recorded already as a spoonmaker in a list annexed to a Parliamentary Report of 1773. The best we can say is that it is probably John Lambe's mark.
Phil