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Thanks Trev! Well that's that one cleared up then, so it's clearly a very widespread practice - shows how little I know of silver! I wonder if it might be worth our hosts adding that info to the explanations of city marks on http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html" onclick="window.open(this.href)...

Much appreciation to all in this thread who've given me lots of information for understanding the hallmarks on some cutlery that's in the family (not literally, of course). The maker's mark (CJR) I tracked down thanks to the main 925-1000 site, likewise the date letters for Newcastle The thing that ...