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Found a spoon today and it looks quite old. The marks look like English with the lion but the other mark looks like a Thistle? I thought the Thistle was Scottish? It doesn't make any since to me... and no date letter? What is going on here?

Hi,

It's Canadian, George Savage of Montreal.

Trev.

Many thanks, I appreciate the help! I would've never guessed Canadian. Any reason why he would use pseudo British marks along with a Scottish mark?

Such marks would likely be familiar to his ex-pat English and Scottish customers as marks indicating silver of certain quality. One can not over-estimate the use of signage at this period of time with illiteracy effecting a high percentage of the population.

Trev.

Very interesting. Glad to add this piece to the collection. Thanks!