cooper bros sterling flatware T date

[kathcamp]

Hi All,
New to this obviously, not sure I can upload photo, but I grew up in Germany in the 50's and my parents bought a set of sterling, not stainless flatware from london silver vaults back then. As far as I can track down it is the standing lion, clearly cooper brothers, crown icon and capital T but can't find the year for that on line. anyone can help?
Spoons have rattail and there isn't a welt down the middle of it it's all smooth with a slightly pointed tip, The knives are gun handle shaped with a little curl but the blades are stainless the handle is sterling
Thanks in advance

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[kathcamp]

[dognose]

That would be Sheffield, 1961.

Trev.

[Essexboy Found]

Hello kathcamp, although the implication is that your items were London made, they were in fact made/hallmarked in Sheffield. That particular "T" and shield were for 1961. The maker's mark was on of many slightly different "CB&S" marks used by the well known concern of "Cooper Brothers & Sons Ltd". They were Sheffield based for almost all of the 20th Century.

Fishless

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[kathcamp]

Thank you both for your response. So my parents must have bought them new, since we moved back to the US in 63.

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