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I have answered my own question from a different source. MS is the German importer Max Stollsteimer, nothing to do with Max Strobl

I have purchased a set of very good jugendstil / art nouveau silver, enamel and chrysoprase teaspoons. They carry import marks for London, 1903, Henry Charles Freeman. They carry no other assay marks but do carry an MS mark in a lozenge - see images. I believe this is for the Munich jeweller/silvers...

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A rare British Cloissone enamel bowl by Henry Littledale I have found this cup that has led me to research Henry Littledale. If you can add to this research please do so. Thank you The cup is fully hallmarked for London 1938 with makers mark H.A.P.L. This mark is for Henry Ambrose Pudney Littledale....

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An extract from his will is as follows:

“I leave to xxx the tools equipment and stock relating to my part time business of gold and silversmith...."

This is the Keith John Thompson piece I acquired that prompted my research. Fantastic quality and gauge. Would love to see more of his work if anyone has some. [Note this set is sold, this is not a promotion].

I am trying to find out more about the silversmith Keith John Thompson. He registered his first KJT mark at the Sheffield assay office in 1954 amd was certainly working into the 1970’s. I believe based in or near Peterborough. Would love to know more about him. Certainly a very skilled silversmith. ...

I would be grateful if you can help identify the attached "SB" makers mark. The assay mark is for Pest, then part the Austro Hungarian empire. Taking account of the design and the assay mark, the maker must have been working at some time from c1880-1900+. For those that know their Christop...

The recording of this event can now be seen (for £5 to the Victorian Society) at the below link.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victoria ... elpanelorg

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Thank you so much. My knowledge of matters religious is close to zero but to my eye the mark on the chalice looks just like the eyes of the owl in the top left of the advert? Is that plausible or just coincidence?

I have acquired this William Butterfield for Thomas Peard 1884 Neo Gothic chalice. See images. The base has a mystery mark of a “C in a sun”. It is not an assay mark I think but clearly marked alongside those. The letter C does not link to maker or designer. Perhaps a religious mark? All thoughts we...

The Victorian Society is hosting a lecture by Anthony Bernbaum on arts and crafts silver. The lecture "Victorian arts and crafts silver: Innovation and influence" will be similar to the one given to the Silver Society a few months ago. This new lecture will, however, give particular focus ...

I have bought a famtstic enamel plaque set in a silver, maybe silverplated frame. Probably an exhibition or master apprentice piece and dated 1926. The silver (plate) is unmarked but carries the scratched signature “DALT”. The enamel plaque looks British but based on the (indecipherable) signature I...

Sort of! The later Birmingham Guild mark is surrounded by a rectangle. It is readily confused with Bromsgrove Guild later Birmingham marks (c 1925) which look like this but slightly different type face.

The London assay office have been kind enough to get back to me and this mark is for Birmingham Guild [of Handicraft] Ltd, registered in 1927.

If you missed this lecture it can be seen recorded at the link below on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... DhWhcRhQJc

Does anyone know this makers mark dating to London? Dated 1939. Images attached. BGLtd. I believe it may be a later Bromsgrove Guild mark. Their silver was typically assayed in Birmingham and they registered a mark like this in 1922 and 1925 in Birmingham but I wonder if they entered a mark for Lond...

Courtesy of some offline help below is where I have got to. Albert Henry Jephcott of A H. Jephcott & Sons, 1 Regent Street Leicester. The AHJ mark was registered in 1937 and almost certainly relates to Albert Henry senior (1885-1955) – his same named son (1903-1976) is listed in 1939 as an “elec...