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1872 Benjamin Haynes and Orlando Lawton are listed as importers and jobbers crockery and glassware and proprietors Pacific Plate Works, 611 Market, Grand Hotel in the San Francisco Directory.

The first letter is a round hand "S." It is not a common ampersand to me either, but I think I have seen it in the past. Sorry, I can't help with the maker or retailer.

Welcome to the forum. The pattern is Doris which was introduced in 1907, and the trademark is International.

John Helbert Israel in partnership with Israel Israel of Saint Mary Axe, in the city of London, merchants, were still around in November 1815 as the were noted as petitioning creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings against George Gray (J. & G. Gray) . See: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopi...

And welcome to the forum!

Looks like Hotchkiss & Schreuder Syracuse third quarter of the nineteenth century.

Just amazing! Thank you. This spoon turned up in Sumner, Washington.

Like so many, a complete mystery to me. Any help will be very much appreciated.

Starting at about zero, any information about these spoons would be very much appreciated. They appear to be number and lettered. I suspect the Chinese characters relate to the name Taiwan and maybe more. An identification of the figures would be especially interesting. I can post close ups of any o...

Thank you for all the comments. I am not able to do any better on a mark image. It's just a lousy small mark that looks like it was possibly double marked to me. The education is invaluable.

I will try. Unfortunately, even with magnification the mark is not good.

silverly wrote:The best I can measure is between 3 and 4 centimeters for the hallmark.

In width.

The best I can measure is between 3 and 4 centimeters for the hallmark.

Thank you for your comment. The piece is 25 centimeters or 10 inches long.

I'm guessing the townmark on this piece is Moscow and the makers mark is a complete mystery to me, so any help with identification will be very much appreciated. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1589/6430983/12454042/414366227.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1589/6430983/12454042/414366226.jpg

For what it's worth, I have a button hook with similar engraving to these pill boxes that has the Gorham date mark for 1908.

I believe these are called pill boxes. They measure about 1 1/4" in diameter and 3/4" in height. Confirmation or otherwise of this and information about the pattern would be very much appreciated.

wev wrote:This is the mark from Winterthur

Here's another image of the mark that may be a little better than my first if it's any use:

wev wrote:Do you have any history to go with your spoon?

Only that it came to me via San Diego, California. If the mark has been attributed to John Beckford Hill of Beverly, MA, I'll have to go along with that. Thank you.

James Bryan Hill did go by J B Hill and his life span is similar to the gentleman you mention. Thanks for input.