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- Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Strange fork.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5341
Re: Strange fork.
I tried it and it is absolutely useless. I hope that the one I have is a prototype because I cannot believe that they would put such a useless article into full production.
- Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:02 pm
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Strange fork.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5341
Re: Strange fork.
Hello Trev, Thanks for plumbing the depths of your library. I would not have thought of a masher. The bend in the bowl is just not deep enough to get any real mashing action going. Also it is of such a size that it would be difficult to tackle anything bigger than a pea! I suppose a good soft potato...
- Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:54 am
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Strange fork.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5341
Strange fork.
I have just acquired this rather strange for. It is silver plated, by Henry Fielding of Birmingham. It is table fork size The head has short sharp tines and is quite deeply dished. It also has an odd oval hole before the wings on the shaft. The close up picture shows evidence of knife cut marks. I c...
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:39 am
- Forum: Irish Hallmarks
- Topic: George Moore?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8299
Re: George Moore?
Thanks for your reply Scorpio. I found a mark such as this in a Bonham’s sale attributed to George Moore, but the one illustrated by the museum in Limerick does not have the cut corners as you pointed out. I will send them pictures of this piece as you suggested and await their opinion. In the meant...
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:26 pm
- Forum: Irish Hallmarks
- Topic: George Moore?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8299
George Moore?
This is a Hanoverian type teaspoon, which I think might be by George Moore of Limerick. He had two marks, one with a wavy edged rectangle and one like this with GM separated by a pellet within a plain rectangle. Can anyone confirm this or suggest an alternative. I don't have full access to my refere...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:15 am
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Old Sheffield Plate candlesticks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7120
Re: OSP candlesticks
I might be wrong here, but isn't that cyrillic?
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:18 pm
- Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
- Topic: Tiny salt spoon marked TW 1804
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6240
Re: Tiny salt spoon marked TW 1804
TW is most likely to be Thomas Wilmore.
Paul.
Paul.
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:38 am
- Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
- Topic: Marrow scoop origins
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5585
Re: Marrow scoop origins
That is an Indian colonial piece. In Wynard T. Wilkinson’s book “Indian Colonial Silver” the maker is listed as untraced.
Paul.
Paul.
- Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Odd shaped spoon bowl.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5978
Re: Odd shaped spoon bowl.
Hello Trev,
That was on the "possibilities" list.
Paul.
That was on the "possibilities" list.
Paul.
- Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:41 am
- Forum: Mystery Objects
- Topic: Odd shaped spoon bowl.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5978
Odd shaped spoon bowl.
This is an odd little spoon, the use of which is a bit of a puzzle. Made by Louisa Courtauld and George Cowles about 1760. At around 12cm it is the size of a teaspoon, but it has a strangely deep rectangular bowl. The bowl is turned over at the end, as a dessert spoon would be by continued scraping ...
- Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:53 am
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Hallmark ID Help for a Cake Slice Server
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3649
Re: Hallmark ID Help for a Cake Slice Server
Just to add a little bit... It is actually a crumb scoop rather than a cake server.
Paul.
Paul.
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:26 am
- Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
- Topic: Colonial Jug With Perhaps Scottish Connection?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5495
Re: Colonial Jug With Perhaps Scottish Connection?
Hello Trev. Has that base with the marks been inset or am I just seeing solder marks from the application of the rim?
Paul.
Paul.
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:45 pm
- Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
- Topic: Bottom marked teaspoon.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10216
Re: Bottom marked teaspoon.
Hello Trev. I hope you are keeping well. We were going with the replacement idea. Most of the James Erskine spoon that I have seem were fiddle pattern, butI know what you mean about remoteness and 18th century fashion in Aberdeen,. I am sure that they will catch up eventually.
Paul.
Paul.
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:30 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Need Help Identify These 2 Rings
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4464
Re: Need Help Identify These 2 Rings
Harry Potter fans will say it is the sign of the Deathly Hallows.
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:26 am
- Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
- Topic: Bottom marked teaspoon.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10216
Bottom marked teaspoon.
I first thought this was a teaspoon by James Erskine of Aberdeen, but as he is recorded as working from the 1790s it is a little late to be making Hanoverian bottom marked teaspoons. Does anyone have any suggestions? Paul. https://s20.postimg.cc/gzuqhgd21/IMG_5361.jpg https://s20.postimg.cc/nqb7qw7x...
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:26 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Elkington, Mason, & Co. - Catalogue Front Cover
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10141
Re: Elkington, Mason, & Co. - Catalogue Front Cover
Thanks Trev. I do have an Elkington catalogue from 1900. It is always useful to have references like this.
Paul
Paul
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:01 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Elkington, Mason, & Co. - Catalogue Front Cover
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10141
Re: Elkington, Mason, & Co. - Catalogue Front Cover
Hello Trev. Have you got the rest of that catalogue?
Paul.
Paul.
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:44 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Rose on Scottish Silver.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6446
Re: Rose on Scottish Silver.
Thanks David. Fairbairn's is always my first reference when searching for a crest, but although there are plenty of roses none seem to match this one. When I have more time, I think I may try cross referencing them with locations. This is on a piece by an Elgin maker, so it might be the case that it...
- Mon May 28, 2018 4:05 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Help with Family Crests on Early Colonial Australian Silver - II?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6956
Re: Help with Family Crests on Early Colonial Australian Silver - II?
Just a thought, but could it be a Chinese export piece. There was a Chi Hua working in Beijing in the early 1900s.
- Sun May 27, 2018 6:10 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Rose on Scottish Silver.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6446