Ladle - WE over WF

[Lana]

Hello

I purchased a ladle at the weekend which was sold as silver plate. I am not convinced that it is silver plate though. However, I don't know what the flag [?] and the little T mean so maybe they show that it is plated.

I would be grateful for any information about these marks please.

I feel it is William Eley and William Fearn 1823

The Item



The Marks





I hope the images work.

Best wishes
Lana

[Lana]

Adding links in case it helps - I hope these work

The Item

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ie3v2ezz3jeue ... s.JPG?dl=0

The Marks

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r7hictvjp4i4x ... .jpeg?dl=0

[AG2012]

Hi,
It is sterling silver.


From left to right:
T is journeyman who actually made the ladle
duty mark
date letter h for 1823
lion passant for sterling standard
leopard`s head for London assay office
WE over WF is the sponsor William Eley & William Fearn

Regards

[dognose]

Hi Lana,

In future posts, please refrain from using Dropbox and embed your images.

https://postimages.org (choose 'Share', then copy the 'Hotlink for forums' code) is recommended.

Trev.

[Lana]

Hi,
It is sterling silver.


From left to right:
T is journeyman who actually made the ladle
duty mark
date letter h for 1823
lion passant for sterling standard
leopard`s head for London assay office
WE over WF is the sponsor William Eley & William Fearn

Regards

Hi

Thank you so much for explaining the marks including the T mark. I am so pleased that my gut instinct was right. It was worth £8 to take a risk.

I like how you changed the image and I will try to remember to do that in future so that the marks are clearer.

@dognose - apologies. I found an old post which said to use Tinypic (now gone) or Imgur which looked too confusing. Thank you for the link to postimages - that looks a lot easier to use.

Best wishes
Lana