Thankyou, that was a very fast and complete reply, I will now try the village rolls to try and see if I can identify the people from the initials.
Thankyou
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- Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:13 am
- Forum: London Hallmarks
- Topic: Spoon for ID Plse
- Replies: 3
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- Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:14 am
- Forum: London Hallmarks
- Topic: Spoon for ID Plse
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1767
Re: Spoon for ID Plse
Not sure if I put the proper links in the first try so putting a different link in
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:10 am
- Forum: London Hallmarks
- Topic: Spoon for ID Plse
- Replies: 3
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Spoon for ID Plse
Hi, this is a spoon I recently dug up (I am a Metal detectorist) I can see a lion hallmark and a letter D but nothing else, I have checked my hallmark books but cannot come up with an ID. If the item is more than 300 years old I need to declare it as treasure trove and from this particular field I f...
- Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:12 am
- Forum: Chester Hallmarks
- Topic: Help with Silver Thimble Hallmarks plse
- Replies: 5
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Thank you for your replies, in a way I am pleased that the answers are not definitive because I had tried to date this myself and could not work it out, I had thought that the marks were exact and could always be interpreted but it seems not. The earliest objects I have found in this field run from ...
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:18 am
- Forum: Chester Hallmarks
- Topic: Help with Silver Thimble Hallmarks plse
- Replies: 5
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Help with Silver Thimble Hallmarks plse
I have checked the hallmarks both on here and my books and cannot match them up so help appreciated. I am a metal detectorist and am trying to write an article on the finds of a particular field, amonst them was this silver thimble, If I can ID the marks (year etc) it will help me to put other finds...