www.925-1000.com

many thanks Paulh for throwing some light on the topic.

I have a fiddle pattern tablespoon which i bought recently believing it to be base metal. It has a hallmark on the back of "Arizona Silver" and a makers's mark of the initial B. Does anybody know anything abour Arizona Silver?

By Jove, 2209Patrick has got it!!! These are the marks exactly. Can you see why i thought it was an anchor symbol and went down the Birmingham route? It was later that i doubted the connection to Birmingham when i realized that no Elkington marks looked similar to the cup. The addition of the pineap...

Oh dear, the cup does not have a pineapple symbol on it. Also, are yousaying that it is unlikely that they made ecclesiastical items such as the cup for a church?

thanks for replying. as it is, i thought that it might be Henry Elkington as i thought that would also relate to the anchor mark from Birmingham. HOwever, i am now doubting that as it appears that all Elkington marks were accompanied by a crown and this doesn't have one. To boot, what i thought was ...

I am a postgrad student at the University of St. Andrews doing some research on an electro plated communion cup in the university's collection. It was made for a Congregational church in St. Andrews and presented to them in 1854. I have deduced that it is electro plated and so must have been one of ...