Help with British Marks (old sterling box)

silverstuff · Post by **silverstuff** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:27 pm

I'm not sure how to correctly read this, but I think it's from Birmingham?
Really not sure,

Thanks for any help in advance

silverstuff · Post by **silverstuff** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:30 pm

Forgot to post a scan of the maker's mark

larkfield · Post by **larkfield** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:45 am

You are correct with Birmingham, and the year appears to be 1925. Where on the box was the mark you show as the makers mark. There is an illegible mark on the left hand side of the anchor which is where the makers mark usually occurs - can you tell what that mark is?

georgiansilver · Post by **georgiansilver** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:19 am

The SMS is the owners initials... the makers mark is as larkfield says.. to the left of the anchor. Best wishes, Mike.

silverstuff · Post by **silverstuff** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:14 pm

I can only make out that mark when I look at it with a 10* loupe with an angle larkfield and the first line looks like C A G
A few things with the shape of this mark (two straight lines with spikes on top) appear on the Birmingham page but none with the letters I'm seeing.

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Georgian, this is where the marks are, I couldn't get the picture to look any better than that (as scary as that is).