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I recently picked up this gravy boat style sterling Item, and have come to think the date has been double stamped; either a misfire on the first, or the maker changed the date of manufacture/duty paid.

I have come to the conclusion it is either London 1789 or Possibly London 1809 or 1811. It is had to tell if the date letter is a capital 'O' or a capital 'Q'. The London mark and duty mark lead me to think it is either of these two (crowned leopard, duty mark bust facing to the right), but I am open to a more expert eye!

The Makers mark is difficult to ID, an I.-*something* into a rectangle or chamfered rectangle - there are several option for either date set, and with the poor imprint of the makers mark I can't be sure.

Any help or opinions would be appreciated!

Hallmark Photos



Date Mark in detail:



Maker mark in detail:



Item photo

Looks like 1809 to me. I can't help with the maker.

Miles

Is it just me or have the photos disappeared?

I still see them. Perhaps the photohost had a temporary problem.

Trev.

Still missing for me, as well as other photos in other threads, oh well, not to worry, sure it will sort itself out eventually.

Here are the direct links to the photos, maybe if you cut and paste them into your address bar it will work for you. They use the website.


Hallmarks:




Sauce bowl:

Thanks for the links, I think it is a browser specific problem, if I use firefox there is no problem seeing the photos, but in opera version 12.17 (my preferred browser) photobucket ones just won't load for some reason for the last week.