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Hello, I’m new to silver as of yesterday and was wondering if someone would assist me with the makers mark on this cigarette box? I found the box at a thrift store for $3.99 usd and found the original owner on ancestry.com who is now dead. Any idea who “JR” is?

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Hi and welcome to the forum.

JR is John Rose, manufacturing silversmith of Hockley Street, Birmingham, and V is the date code of the assay year 1945/46. Your box would benefit from a clean with a good quality silver polish.

Phil

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

See also: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... se#p117693

Trev.