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Help with British Marks (old sterling box)
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:27 pm
by silverstuff
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
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:30 pm
by silverstuff
Forgot to post a scan of the maker's mark
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:45 am
by larkfield
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?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:19 am
by georgiansilver
The SMS is the owners initials... the makers mark is as larkfield says.. to the left of the anchor. Best wishes, Mike.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:14 pm
by silverstuff
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).
