Help With Maker's Mark on Hatpin

countycork · Post by **countycork** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:21 am

Hi

First visit so hope I am doing this right.

I am trying to trace the maker's mark on a small hatpin. The pin itself is about 3 inches long, on top is a design of a musical Clef about 1 inch long. The Clef is stamped Sterling with the maker's mark C.H in a cartouche. The dot between the C and the H is actually halfway up the letters - not at the bottom as shown here.

I have checked books and websites but can find nothing.

Many thanks for any help.

Pam

carling · Post by **carling** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:52 am

It sounds very much as if the mark is that of Charles Horner of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

Regards/carling

countycork · Post by **countycork** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:38 pm

Hi Carling

Thanks very much for the reply. Charles Horner was my first thought but the full stop between the C and the H put me off - I didn't think that Charles Horner had this (especially as on this hatpin it is halfway up the letters).

Kind regards

Pam

carling · Post by **carling** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:04 pm

Hi Pam,

The Charles Horner company registered a variety of different marks throughout its history including several with a centre pellet. I just counted 17 different styles of the CH mark (not including the well known intertwined trademark) in Maurice H. Ridgway and Philip T. Priestley, The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962 (Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors’ Club, 2004).

Regards/carling

countycork · Post by **countycork** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:40 pm

Hi Carling

Thank you very much indeed for all your help - I did not realise there were so many variations on the Charles Horner mark.

Kind regards

Pam