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Old English flatware
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:19 pm
by mepearl53
Hi All
First post. Hoping someone can help me with these marks. Can't seem to find them in the resource section.
Thanks,
Bill
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:14 pm
by georgiansilver
If I am seeing them correctly, the handles have a 'crown' a lion and the queens head (Victoria)...this would make it Sheffield silver but there should be another box with just a single letter in it...if so please show pic so that we can date it for you. CN is the maker and I don't have a clue who that is...someone will know though. The marks on the body appear to be foreign and I would suggest plated ware.
Best wishes, Mike.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:05 pm
by Granmaa
Bill,
Could you take a picture of the piece as whole. I ask this because it will help us to date it.
Mike, do you think what looks like a Sheffield crown might be the 1877 B of London or the 1869 B of Sheffield. I ask this because the edges of the Sheffield crown tend to splay outwards, whereas the side we can see of this shape is straight. However I do admit that it's rare for the date letter to be at a different angle to the other marks.
Miles
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:59 pm
by admin
Your items, whatever they may be, are of mixed materials, The handles are resin filled hollow sterling silver, the business ends are of silverplate. The marks on the stems are for a Sheffield silverplater Joseph Gilbert, the firm founded ca. 1810.