Thanks for your input, i wasnt sure as ive never seen this mark but it makes sense what you say, it does also have London import marks for 1898 , i was just at a loss to the other marks, thanks for your help
Hi I find all this information very interesting and thank you for taking the time to do further research on this mark, the box is being sent for verification on the materials used in the next few days so i will have more on this shortly, i wouldn't know myself and would never assume that the box may...
I have posted the pics again as they seem to have gone from the earlier post https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/922/ErTKPM.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/922/W2Ri0d.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/uAIhNX.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x4...
Hi Traintime I dont know if this means anything at all, but after reading your description of the mark ( maybe its a Y in the centre of a fleur-de-lis ) i have found something that might just give your theory some credit regarding an older item re-worked, i may be completely off track here but i'm w...
Hi Traintime Thank you for your input on the mark, at this point any theory is interesting and worth looking at, now you have pointed it out it doe's appear to look like a fleur-de-lis, i am hoping some other marks may appear once cleaned, thanks again for your interesting opinion on the mark Best w...
Just an update i have searched everywhere looking for this mark but to no avail, im keeping my fingers crossed someone can do better than myself with this mystery mark
Hi Trev I have finally cleaned part of the outside of the base. The box has so much dirt and its covered in black sticky stuff thats gone hard its taken a while to clean, the bottom of the box is gold in colour, i have come across these marks to the centre on the outside of the base, the third pic i...