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Dognose,
Thanks for the information on Sir Edward's obituary.
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Trev. Your view on the importance of the Crown stamp as only a marketing ploy of the time was the original view of the experts and historians on the crown stamps found on Sovereign rocker balances made in the 19th century. However, as I have documented in my forthcoming book, the Crown stamps are un...

Trev. I have a record from a Pigot Commercial Directory of 1837 on Sir Edward Thomson & Co., on Church St., Birmingham, under Jewellers - manufacturing. This is a few years after Collis, George Richard & Co. (Late Sir Edward Thomason), 28 Church St., Birmingham, who are also listed on the sa...

Trev. On the first rocker is the Crowned VR close to the Collis crown stamps used on silverware knifes? Are there any other examples of a Crowned VR stamps that you know of? The crown on the "ET" stamped rocker is very similar to the crown stamp of another unknown sovereign rocker maker. I...

The Crowned VR most likely means after 1837 when Victoria came to the throne so is it possible that the Crowned VR balance is by George Richmond Collis & Co. who bought Thomason's Colmore Row and Church St. manufactories in 1835?

Thanks again for any comments,
Mike
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I am writing a book on Sovereign balances and the Crown stamps found on them. I have two rockers that are possibly by Sir Edward Thomason? I need some help from Hallmark and stamp experts as the rockers have no form of identification other than the Crown stamps and in one case an incuse field "...