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Assistance with maker of hand held sterling mirror-left facing lion
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2021 7:37 pm
by knittydebby
Can someone help with identifying the maker of this silver hand held mirror? Measures 10 3/4" long. Marked lion facing left, 925, sterling. Lion's face is looking frontward. There is also a hair brush and comb in the set. The photo of the maker mark was easiest to photograph on the comb. No other marks.
Thanks in advance.
Debby
Re: Assistance with maker of hand held sterling mirror-left facing lion
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:34 am
by dognose
Hi Debby,
Welcome to the Forum.
Just adding a larger image of the mark:
Trev.
Re: Assistance with maker of hand held sterling mirror-left facing lion
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 12:43 pm
by Traintime
It's Lion Passant Guardant. Being an unregulated false or valse mark here, it may only be one from a group of psuedo marks used by a maker aside from their name or letter mark. Likely candidates using this make might lean towards Canadian makers, so perhaps Roden Bros. heritage through Birks-era conveyance might yield something. (Reason: This general guardant lion form has also been seen as a pseudo on silverplate, so there could be a maker in both types of production. One example in an old thread also has a B-in-shield mark. This makes Birks a potential suspect. Of course, we may never know.)