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by dancula
Sat Sep 13, 2025 3:49 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Confused by hallmark date and engraving date
Replies: 2
Views: 1428

Re: Confused by hallmark date and engraving date

Thank you! That's certainly a good possibility!
by dancula
Sat Sep 13, 2025 3:40 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Confused by hallmark date and engraving date
Replies: 2
Views: 1428

Confused by hallmark date and engraving date

I believe this trophy plinth is hallmarked for London 1925 but the engraving for RAF leading aircraftman Mason is dated 1921.
Am I misinterpreting the hallmarks or is the trophy "postdated" by 4 years?
Any ideas?
Thank you.

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by dancula
Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:37 am
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Mystery spoon maker JP from 1900s
Replies: 2
Views: 5370

Re: Mystery spoon maker JP from 1900s

Thanks for that information. It points me in a new direction!
by dancula
Fri Aug 08, 2025 6:59 pm
Forum: British Hallmarks - Single Image
Topic: Mystery spoon maker JP from 1900s
Replies: 2
Views: 5370

Mystery spoon maker JP from 1900s

I can't seem to find anything about the maker "JP" in an octagon from 1900s-1910s. The mark appears to be only on spoons, as far as I can tell.
Any ideas?

Thank you

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by dancula
Tue Aug 05, 2025 3:31 pm
Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
Topic: P. Orr & Sons silver dates marks
Replies: 4
Views: 2772

Re: P. Orr & Sons silver dates marks

Here is the inscription on the presentation bowl. The Karachi Sailing Club was founded 1911/12 and the "students" were student officers (all Captains) in the Indian Army Staff College in Quetta about 650 km to the northeast of Karachi, in what is now Pakistan.

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by dancula
Tue Aug 05, 2025 3:02 pm
Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
Topic: P. Orr & Sons silver dates marks
Replies: 4
Views: 2772

Re: P. Orr & Sons silver dates marks

Thank you Andrew for confirming my suspicions and the historical background! The trophy bowl is my first piece of Orr silver and likely not my last!
by dancula
Mon Aug 04, 2025 4:42 pm
Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
Topic: P. Orr & Sons silver dates marks
Replies: 4
Views: 2772

P. Orr & Sons silver dates marks

These marks are on an Indian silver cup with an inscription dating to 1912.
I presume the "12" in the shield is some sort of dating record?

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by dancula
Thu Jul 24, 2025 7:17 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Help with maker CH (or GH) on 1865 trowel
Replies: 2
Views: 2857

Re: Help with maker CH (or GH) on 1865 trowel

Awww... you might be on to something! That does seem like a plausible solution! Thank you!
by dancula
Thu Jul 24, 2025 3:01 pm
Forum: London Hallmarks
Topic: Help with maker CH (or GH) on 1865 trowel
Replies: 2
Views: 2857

Help with maker CH (or GH) on 1865 trowel

I can't seem to find a maker using CH or GH? for the 1865 time period in London on this silver trowel with turned oak handle.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.

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by dancula
Thu Jul 03, 2025 12:04 pm
Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
Topic: Mystery Asian export mark.. a rabbit?
Replies: 0
Views: 5617

Mystery Asian export mark.. a rabbit?

Does anyone recognize a rabbit/ rat (?) symbol along with characters? They are on the bottom of a silver bowl.
Thanks

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by dancula
Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:48 pm
Forum: Far East
Topic: Help with India silver maker's mark
Replies: 4
Views: 2475

Re: Help with India silver maker's mark

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These marks are on the 1920s tea caddy from Ceylon.
by dancula
Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:44 pm
Forum: Far East
Topic: Help with India silver maker's mark
Replies: 4
Views: 2475

Re: Help with India silver maker's mark

I don't believe so.. it looks like his 4 feet are on the ground.
by dancula
Wed Jul 02, 2025 8:38 am
Forum: Far East
Topic: Help with India silver maker's mark
Replies: 4
Views: 2475

Re: Help with India silver maker's mark

I found an identical mark (HB and a lion) on a silver tea caddy inscribed ‘Nadaraja Press, Colombo, Ceylon’ and thought to date from the 1920s.
I can find references to the Nadaraja Press in Colombo from the 1940s to 1970s, so it seems likely that it might be a local Colombo silversmith who also ...
by dancula
Sat Jun 28, 2025 1:54 pm
Forum: Far East
Topic: Help with India silver maker's mark
Replies: 4
Views: 2475

Help with India silver maker's mark

Looks like a cat and letters "H" and "B"? (stamped on the back of the plate).
A cat/lion seems popular on some colonial silver but I can't find this mark.
Thank you.

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by dancula
Fri Jun 20, 2025 2:05 pm
Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
Topic: Egyptian themed spoon (pharaoh) but odd country mark?
Replies: 7
Views: 3015

Egyptian themed spoon (pharaoh) but odd country mark?

I have an Egyptian themed spoon (pharaoh's head on handle) with 800 and an unknown mark.. indicating the country of manufacture? Any suggestions?

Thank you.

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by dancula
Tue May 20, 2025 2:46 pm
Forum: Provincial & Colonial Marks
Topic: Help with New Zealand (?) maker's mark
Replies: 2
Views: 5748

Re: Help with New Zealand (?) maker's mark

Thank you for that information!

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