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Fochabers ? teaspoon
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:39 pm
by robert12
Hi,
help needed on this mark please.
I know of the JM at Fochabers but the JS is the problem.
Any ideas welcome.
https://db.tt/JwrnqgPt
https://db.tt/neACepC0
Thanks Robert
Re: Fochabers ? teaspoon
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:12 pm
by dognose
Hi Robert,
Shamelessly clutching at straws, but James Morrison's last address was John Street, Aberdeen.
Trev.
Re: Fochabers ? teaspoon
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:24 am
by robert12
Hi Trev.
Interesting theory.
Are you happy enough with the JM stamp being James Morrison ?
Thanks, Bob
Re: Fochabers ? teaspoon
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:17 am
by dognose
Hi Bob,
It does appear to match the example that is illustrated in G.P. Moss's
'Provincial Silversmiths of Moray and Their Marks' (p.95), and on this example:
They all have the elongated serifs that are very noticeable on the tops of the 'M'.
Trev.
Re: Fochabers ? teaspoon
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:45 am
by robert12
Hi Trev,
Perhaps JM just added his marks on a spoon
already made by the mystery JS
and not necessarily in a partnership.
Easy enough to just stamp each side.
Bob
