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by geldner
Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:10 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
Replies: 5
Views: 4500

Re: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set

There are no hallmarks anywhere that we can find.
by geldner
Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:33 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
Replies: 5
Views: 4500

Re: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set

Oh and they appear to be old silverplate, not electroplate. My mother always referred to them as Sheffield but I wonder if they might not be American given the provenance?
by geldner
Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:18 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
Replies: 5
Views: 4500

Re: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set

Thanks. My wife found similar info this morning and we actually think we know which Gordon family used it. The crest is very similar to Gordon of Kenmuir in Scotland but it appears to have been used by the Gordon family in Virginia when they owned a small plantation they called Kenmore after Kenmuir...
by geldner
Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:06 pm
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: 3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set
Replies: 5
Views: 4500

3 boars heads & "Dread God" on silverplate chafing set

This is a set of two chafing dishes silverplate on really heavy copper. I'm just curious as to who the family might be. Looks Scottish but I can't find anything that quite matches. Close-up of crest (man with club, helmet, 3 boars heads, Dread God motto): https://i.imgur.com/LCFrPCW.jpg The lid from...
by geldner
Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:06 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: A new acquisition... but who made it?
Replies: 8
Views: 6054

Re: A new acquisition... but who made it?

I'm not sure why the insistence on attributing the piece to Charles Fox (either one). Here's a teapot by Crispin Fuller (1820) with what looks to me like the same mark as the OP. Note that the OP's mark appears to be in a rounded rectangle while Fox's marks are all in very obvious ovals. There are o...

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