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London Makers Mark
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:31 pm
by jdaviessp
Can anyone help with this mark - I believe it's London 1905 which would be consistent with family history -
1st image - Date, Standard, and City
2nd image - Maker (or Makers)
Much Thx, JD
Re: London Makers Mark
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:10 pm
by silvermakersmarks
Hi and welcome to the forum.
Your images are not showing. You have the right idea but Google does not seem to be a reliable image host.
https://postimages.org (copy the 'Hotlink for forums' code) is recommended. Both sites allow your images to be resized during upload. Remember to use the 'Preview' button before submitting your post.
Phil
Re: London Makers Mark
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:43 pm
by jdaviessp
Thx Phil - I will regroup and try again - JD
Re: London Makers Mark
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:37 am
by jdaviessp
REVISED: Can anyone help with this mark - I believe it's London 1905 which would be consistent with family history -
1st image - Date, Standard, and City
2nd image - Maker (or Makers)
Much Thx, JD
Re: London Makers Mark
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:53 pm
by Sasropakis
The makers mark seems to be James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler (1884..1908, registered Oct 1884):
https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Mak ... JZ.html#JW
The date letter is "n" so that would be London 1908.
Re: London Makers Mark
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:57 pm
by silvermakersmarks
I hope I don't sound too patronising when I say "well done with the pictures"! Nice and clear and easily identifiable - when you know what you're looking for.
You are right with London, but this "n" is the date letter for the assay year 1908/09. The maker's mark is JW over FCW, the mark of Wakely and Wheeler (James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler). They first registered this mark in 1891 and used it until 1909.
Phil