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I've found a chart with the cartouche marks up to 1999 and now I feel quite silly! Yes indeed the shape is a perfect match for the most recent era. Thank you all very much for your patience, and for sharing your most impressive knowledge. There certainly is a lot to learn :)

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Does anyone know where would I find online examples of the more recent hallmark cartouches? The chart on this site for Edinburgh only goes up to 1930...The shape of the cartouche represented in the chart is very different for 1930 than the one on this spoon, but none are shown for after 1930. Also, ...

Here is a picture of the spoon. 3 1/2 inches in length.

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Thanks Mike... but I'm still puzzled. I am of the understanding that the duty marks didn't come onto the scene until 1774 - the date letter very much resembles (as much as we can see of it) either the 1690 k or the 1770 R - I would think that even though part of the date mark is worn away, there sho...

Hello everyone, I have done some research on this, and my assessment is Scottish sterling, Edinburgh, but the date mark has me puzzled. It looks very much like an old, lower case 'k', matching (as best possible from this photo) very closely the Edinburgh date mark for 1690, or possibly the upper cas...