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Hello again, I recently saw another nice clear set of Gladwin marks carried on a 1938 Air Ministry spoon. I am uploading those together with one of the earlier "lost" marks from 1950 to re-illustrate Gladwins' military cutlery production period. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50097141...

Hello Prospero, welcome to the forum and thank you for the crisp image of the manufacturers marks. I am describing them as "manufacturers marks" and not "hallmarks" as this is a more correct description when we can not see some form of a silver standard guarantee mark. I do have ...

Hello, I think I have another Kelantan silver item with the unknown "HY" maker mark. This is on a small condiment type spoon, 6.0 centimeters long. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50054725368_b335382433_m.jpg The spoon finial appears interesting to me as it appears in a pseudo filigree...

Thank you Theoderich for identifying "Johann Jakob Meyer" as the maker of my Hamburg spoon. I think I have an English translation corresponding to the information you have added for us. My quote is from an auction catalogue describing an item made by the "Immanuel Adalbert Notzke"...

Hello, I saw on line, another spoon that I thought might have a little research in it. I thought it was continental and possibly a pre 1886 Hamburg area spoon. It does have a 1876 "personalisation". At 23 centimetres long I assume it was a server and I hope I am correct posting the spoon p...

Trelfers Jewellers, Benjamin Henry Trelfer, Benjamin Trelfer Horsham, West Sussex and Capel in Surrey "Trelfers Jewellers" of Horsham closed in 2019, 138 years after the establishment of the West Sussex/South Surrey business. Below are 2 references covering mainly the later history of the ...

JOHN R. BUSS & SONS LIMITED 45 Deansgate and Exchange Arcade , 64 & 66 King Street Manchester Hello, a little while ago, in a mixed auction lot, I saw some electroplated spoons with a good set of marks on. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49725653202_36c8e0f4ee_m.jpg “Buss” was a manufact...

L.Beha & Co Watchmaker & Jeweller. 28 Dunraven Place, Bridgend and 12A Station Road Port Talbot This spoon box seen on line intrigued me. I thought "Beha" was an Interesting surname for a jeweller in Bridgend. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49702431147_771bd059fc_n.jpg I soon ...

G Wilson Middlegate Penrith – George Wilson watchmaker Appleby The information about this small jeweller and watchmaker concern came mainly from an article from a 1999 edition of the "Cumberland & Westmoreland Herald" George Wilson founded his Penrith business in 1850, but had origina...

H.H.Gibson Retailer Pontypridd. I saw this retailers mark shown below recently on line. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49462130107_b1b60e2f3c_n.jpg I thought it could be of interest here or equally in the "Firms Working in Wales in the 19th and 20th Centuries" section as Pontypridd is...

Thank you Traintime, Blakstone and Theodorich for your input to my questions. I have clearer ideas about my spoon now. There is always a problem when there is no indication of first names in the makers marks and particularly so if it is a “common” family name as in this case. I thought that this cou...

Hello, I just got hold of a teaspoon that appears to be of 12 loth standard. The spoon has the surname “Gottschalk” stamped on it next to the number 12, but also there is extra personalisation featuring the date 1874. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49416476932_f9a27bb113_z.jpg I had a good look...

Hello, happy new year. It might be a new year but I going for this old subject. Below is a photo of a teaspoon I just got hold of. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49353205017_525d3c3f48_z.jpg It is not a Hampston, Prince and Cattles, but I think it is a Prince and Cattles from 1805. I have added...

Hello, I recently saw on line, a boxed set of 6 Arts&Crafts styled spoons, with spoon bowls identical to the bowl of my spoon. I have an image of the box’s silk below and following that are more images of my original spoon. I read the lower left mark as "Hand Work". https://live.static...

Hello, these have got to be pre 1896 British marks. You can find examples at every other auction, where you look at mixed lots of antique cutlery, as I regularly do. The "Americans" would have much less need to display the "crab" like mark that I feel was a pseudo mark designed t...

Hello again, I’ve been brought back to our “French Quarter” by a little spoon I just bought. When I say small I mean small as it is less than 7 centimeters long and I think my images could go with this post. I assume my spoon is a salt spoon and it carries a Minerva mark with a 1 for 950 silver. htt...

Hello “polman” I think you are not on a winner here. “EPNS” the commonest indication of electroplated manufacture and those figural marks, a “cross” and a “cog” are not a lot to go on. Even the 2 figural marks are regularly seen on electroplated wares. Joseph Rodgers of Sheffield used a 6 pointed st...

Hello, I am sorry that the “Tinypics” change of conditions has stripped the “Gilbert’s of Coventry&Barrow” bit of this post of its images. I have here an image pertaining to a teaspoon from “Gilbert’s” later history. I have also uploaded the original image from the set of tongs that first sparke...

Hello “Magicbradford”, you are not the only forum member wondering who were “Anwar & Co”. Info is in short supply. “Cagne” asked about an “Anwar” mark on a spoon in 2016, and the reference for the images is below. https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45978&hilit=anwar The ...

Hello this is like buses, it seems “Phoenix” marks come along one after the other. I was trawling eBay as I very often do and I found an interesting set of marks stamped on what looks like a salad server. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49050740762_6871084992_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/...