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:::: I was thinking the tops would be tight. Thanks for doing that and reporting back with pictures. Best guess at this point is that your date letter "C" is the date letter is for 1738 and the maker is Samuel Wood. ::::

::::: Do you see how the tops of the sugar casters are removed? If you are able to remove the tops of the sugar casters you should see additional hallmarks around the edge of the tops of the sugar casters. I should have remembered that earlier. The mystery could be solved if you are able to remove t...

::::: Now it seems like 1738 is a better choice for the date mark, a few other details point towards 1738. The shape of the cartouche of the "crowned leopard head" has a point at the bottom and that speaks to an earlier series which includes 1738. These sugar casters can be very difficult ...

:::: We know they are 2 sugar casters (also known as "muffineers") from London circa 1750, and if you think there is a vertical slash in the middle of the letter "C" which is the "date letter" then that would mean they were assayed in 1758. But I can't be sure of the da...

::::: If you see "SW" then there are a few candidates and I think that's what I see but the makers mark has been obscured by the stamping. :::::
::::: Do you think you see "SW" as a maker's mark? :::::

:::: Let's say we find no evidence for Henry Wills actually selling silver objects. I'm not saying we have that evidence yet, it's very possible that we will find evidence of Henry Wills actually selling silver objects in the "Accounts" book, but as a thought experiment let's just say that...

::::: The "Accounts" book may have a reference to silversmithing & it should be checked. ::::::
::::: I figured the "Henry Wills" hallmark on this very website came from wev but that was just an assumption given his research in this field. :::::

::::: The button where you press to make the compact open and close. Can you analyze that button with a magnifying glass and see if you see tiny hallmarks imprinted upon it? :::::: I think I see something but I could be wrong. :::: Yes it does seem Persian or Indo-Persian :::::

:::: Given the many different hallmarks found on pewter it is understandable that the 2 silver hallmarks are both different as well, but it is unusual that I can't find a single silver object by Henry Wills anywhere, no books, no museums. ::::: I don't even know where the [HW] hallmark on this very ...

:::: There is no monogram & I will get better pics ASAP & I've seen a pewter hallmark from Henry Wills that looks more similar to this spoon's hallmark rather than the hallmark posted on this very website but perhaps my hallmark is the early work of Henry Wills when he worked in New York Cit...

::::: John Wills & Henry Wills apologies for the missing S. :::::::

:::::: There's a picture of a hallmark by Henry Will (c.1774) which is archived on this very website but it seems different from this hallmark. ::::::: ::::::::: This could be an alternate hallmark made by Henry Will & I get the impression that this spoon is circa 1760 based on the drop. :::::::...

::::: June 30th, 1903 officially transformed into the limited partnership with the words "LTD" added thereafter. ::::

:::::: There can be no doubt ::::: :::::: "The Jewelers' Circular, Volume 77, Issue 2". :::::::: ::::::::: "The firm occupies its own building located in the center of the busiest street in the city and does considerable manufacturing the facilities for which are located on the second...

:::: The serifs on the "N" in "Wichman" and "STERLING" are almost identical in this particular case. :::: You can find other examples with company hallmarks (Gorham, International Sterling, etc.) that have a company hallmark with the "H.F. Wichman" hallmark ad...

:::: Both hallmarks seemed the same when I did this years ago, the gothic "W" is very similar to the gothic "M" when viewed at an angle, Wichman had been an independent jeweler since 1891 and his name is mentioned in the theft of the Hawaiian Crown Jewels because he valued some s...

Sorry, 1820-1830, is that the exclusive time period for the 13-1/4 fineness hallmark according to the books cited?

::::: What you are seeing as "IT" is the blank space in the cartouche around two letters, a more in-focus pic would show this better. :::: There seem to be two letters & the letter on the right is half-struck for some reason perhaps due to wear perhaps a worn punch. :::: Also why was t...