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This mark is on the base of a rather splendid classic Arts & Crafts condiment set – the cruet bottles and shaker also carrying a 1910 registered number. I thought that the TW was likely to be Thomas Woolley, Thomas Wilkinson, or Thomas White. However, all three were Birmingham factories, and the...

Cheryl (and anyone else interested) – I think we have Mappin & Webb plate date letters sorted out now, although it would be nice to find more dateable pieces as confirmation. See the Glass Message Board topic referred to above.

Bernard C.

Cheryl – Thanks for looking. Isn't that mixed set of spoons wonderful, picked from stock just after the change from G to H (or H to G, but unlikely). I love mixed sets, they can tell you so much. I went looking for that set, although I didn't think I had a chance of finding one. The marks web page s...

Kilduffs & Cheryl – I believe I have found proof that the letters framed in a shield on Mappin & Webb's Prince's Plate , Queen's Plate , and Mappin Plate are date letters. I can't post the information here, as the main element of my proof is evidence from a set of spoons offered for sale on ...