Identifying strange Georgian hallmark without assay office.

[Boarbot78]

I recently acquired a small teaspoon with an unusual set of hallmarks- the assay office mark seems to be missing, and for this reason I can’t find the date letter C’s corresponding year. The maker “THGH” also seems difficult to find.



Any help with identifying the year or the maker would be greatly appreciated.

[silvermakersmarks]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

TH/GH is Thomas & George Hayter, a father and son partnership, who registered this mark in 1816. The hallmark is a London mark with the date letter c for 1818/19 and it is quite normal for the town mark to be omitted at this period. This particularly occurs on smaller items of flatware and was probably an anti-fraud device to prevent a complete hallmark being cut from a small, low-cost piece and then being incorporated into a larger piece where the town mark should have been present.

Phil

[Boarbot78]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

TH/GH is Thomas & George Hayter, a father and son partnership, who registered this mark in 1816. The hallmark is a London mark with the date letter c for 1818/19 and it is quite normal for the town mark to be omitted at this period. This particularly occurs on smaller items of flatware and was probably an anti-fraud device to prevent a complete hallmark being cut from a small, low-cost piece and then being incorporated into a larger piece where the town mark should have been present.

Phil

Thank you so much for that brilliant information, Phil.