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Please help me indentify this mark on the silver plated plat
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:02 pm
by Denis_S
Please help me indentify this mark on the silver plated plate.
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:57 am
by versilbertes
Hello from Munich,
the Maker's mark you are looking for is:
R. F. Mosley
Sheffield
1900 - 1910
I send greetings from Munich
yours Christian
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:40 am
by 2209patrick
Hello.
Not sure who used that mark. Don't believe it was R F Mosley & Company.
The firm was in business from about 1890 to at least 1947.
Here's a picture of one of Robert Fead Mosley's silverplate marks.
Robert Fead Mosley's registered sterling mark also included his three initials, RFM.
Pat.
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:28 pm
by versilbertes
greetings from Munich to Pat,
I will have a look to my library again, but i recognized that the marks was used for:
Mosley Flowers & Co., Sheffield
This mark refers to a business of Robert Frederick Mosley and Arthur Samuel Flowers so to R.F. Mosley & Co Ltd, Portland Works, Randall St, Sheffield
Give me some hours
greetings to you
Christian
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:15 pm
by 2209patrick
Hello Christian.
The book "The Identification and Dating of Sheffield Electroplated Wares 1843-1943" by E.R. Matheau-Raven does show a M&Co Ltd mark that they attribute to R.F. Mosley & Co Ltd.
However, it does not resemble the M&Co mark posted here.
Also, I'm not convinced that the book's attribution is correct.
Have seen the M&Co in a shield mark many times, usually on pieces that look to be made in the 2nd half of the 20th century.
I have been thinking the M&Co in a shield mark might have been used by Marples & Company which became a subsidiary of Martin, Hall & Company.
However, I have not been able to confirm that.
Pat.