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unknown object; chester; ? date; what is it?
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:59 pm
by populous38
Hi Guys
Can any one help identify this object for me. I thought it was a match strike. Filled it with Swan Vestas and they wouldn't strike, just rubbed of on the pottery. Has marks on bottom and Chester Hall Mark, which I can't quite identify. All the cartouches appear squares.
Appreciated.
Gary
Re: unknown object; chester; ? date; what is it?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:39 am
by silvermakersmarks
If it's not a match striker then I have no idea what it could be. The bottom stamp reads "Doulton Lambeth London".
The Chester date letter is from the letter cycle 1926-1950 but I am having difficulty working out which one it is. It looks like a composite of "k", 1935, and "l", 1936. You can see the full cycle
here. The maker's mark has been pretty much polished out but, judging from what is still visible and the length of the mark, I think it is one of the marks of Saunders & Shepherd, probably this one (which was in use during the same period):
Phil
Re: unknown object; chester; ? date; what is it?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:00 pm
by populous38
cheers Phill, appreciated; gary
Re: unknown object; chester; ? date; what is it?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:11 pm
by populous38
does this help at all with the date letter
gary
Re: unknown object; chester; ? date; what is it?
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:06 am
by silvermakersmarks
Yes it does. I can now see, looking at 200% magnification, that I was wrong about the date cycle. It now looks much more like "K" for 1893. In addition there is a definite edge to the first part of the maker's mark so, although it is still Saunders & Shepherd, it looks much more like this version of their mark:
which ties in nicely with my revised date.
Phil
Re: unknown object; chester; ? date; what is it?
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:59 pm
by populous38
Phil, you're a star.
Appreciated as always
Gary