Salt & Pepper Shakers, Sterling, 1804 PICS WORK NOW

[Russ A]

I couldn't get a decent pic of the bottom of the piece but it is just as I've drawn here (click the pic for a full size view) Inside the V are a C and an A.



This is the best I could get of the bottom: (warning-hi-res pic)
Here are the shakers:

There is also a very lightly hand drawn mark on one of the pieces just above where it is marked STERLING which can only be seen with a magnifying glass with the light reflecting just so. It reads:
10 (stylized J or possibly a British pound symbol) 1894 (some sort of Z looking symbol with a line thru it). Looks kind of like 10 J 1894 Z

My wife and I were given this set a number of years ago by my fathers 3rd wife. (cut - admin edit) Any help would be appreciated.

Edit to add that the hallmark looks a lot like the Geo.L.Vose Mfg Co mark but the date on the shakers is 100 years earlier than the one shown for Vose Mfg.

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[silvercrown]

Your shakers are by Clarence A. Vanderbilt, New York, NY. They were active between 1909 and 1935. The number "1804" on you shakers is not a date number, but probably an inventory or design number.

Silvercrown

[Russ A]

Thank you.