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fork
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:19 am
by regr
Help me please identify.
Thank you in advance!
Re: fork
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:44 am
by georgiansilver
Made in London 1805-6 but makers mark is unreadable in this pic.. any chance of a better pic please?
Re: fork
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:55 am
by regr
georgiansilver wrote:Made in London 1805-6 but makers mark is unreadable in this pic.. any chance of a better pic please?
Thank you very much! Unfortunately, the original makers mark is not produced by read more..
Re: fork
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:08 am
by dognose
Hi,
The maker was Edward Lees.
I had assumed that the maker's mark was applied with a chipped punch, but Grimwade noted that on the 30th June 1806, Edward Lees entered a mark at the London Assay Office "with canted top right corner to punch".
Trev