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I agree with your analysis. Sheffield was a centre for the manufacture of cutlery (knives and their blades). Adie & Lovekin no doubt bought the scissors blades from a Sheffield manufacturer and added the handles themselves.

Phil

I have no idea what it was originally intended for but the "hallmarks" read EPGS; i.e. ElectroPlated German Silver. German silver was an early term for nickel silver, a base metal alloy containing no silver whatsoever. The number is no doubt some sort of factory code such as a pattern numb...

That's a Chester hallmark with the date letter K for 1893. The maker is J Gammage, a ring manufacturer, of Clerkenwell Road, London, first registered at the Chester Assay Office about 1886.

Phil

1869 (it's a Y) and the maker is probably J Muirhead & Sons.

Phil

Yes, you will see several examples here, but there are probably many more.

It doesn't look like it's going to be a British hallmark (or, more precisely, Scottish because of the lion rampant). I suggest you wait until you receive it and then show us a clear picture of all of the marks.

Phil

In fact both John Law's and Joseph Law's marks are shown in the Sheffield Register(1) as [I·L]. The mark on your fruit knife seems to have escaped reference so it may not even be a Law mark. I have seen it on fruit knives dated between 1828 and 1830. Phil (1) Watson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Offi...

I think it's more likely that the '2' is actually the 'Q' for 1965:



Phil

The word in the middle appears to be LALAOUNIS. Ilias Lalaounis is/was a Greek jeweller and the logo matches that of the Ilias Lalaounis Corporation. I'm not sure where you got 1915 from but Lalaounis did not start up under his own name until the latter part of the 20th century.

Phil

Any chance of a bigger, legible picture of the marks?

Phil

Almost right. The date is 1849 from the Victoria duty mark and the style of the date letter.

Phil

This looks like it's going to be a Birmingham hallmark from one of the two date letter cycles between 1900 and 1949. Your BJG mark may turn out to be the EJG maker's mark of Ellis Jacob Greenberg, but without a clearer picture as Oel requests we cannot be sure.

Phil

The date is 1981. I don't know the maker.

Phil

Your RC certainly bears a close resemblance to Grimwade's "unregistered" mark 3767. However Grimwade notes in his biography of Robert Cox that he was apprenticed to Humphrey Payne 16 January 1745 and free 2 July 1752. This means that your 1744 snuff box cannot be by Cox and that we must se...

The excellent archive at the website of the Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths shows several different Lawson & Co marks and describes them as Wholesale Jewellers & Importers. Lawson & Co are mentioned in Glasgow Assay Office records between 1903 and 1934 although they may have been p...

I note that the label says "1899". I believe that the date letter is actually O for 1911.

Phil

Your picture shows an upside-down London hallmark for the assay year 1804/1805. When inverted the symbol on the right is the duty mark. This has a notch on the bottom which was used from 11th October 1804 until the end of the assay year (end of May 1805) and was used to show that the changed duty ra...

The lower mark appears to be a partial English hallmark with R·H sponsor's mark, Victorian duty mark and lion passant. Without a date mark it is impossible to certain but it may well be a London mark with R·H being Robert Hennell III (the III just signifies that he is the third known Robert Hennel...

More likely the son. Grimwade asserts that Adams senior probably retired about 1790 and died c1802. See also the additional entries on the 2 Adamses on this forum here and here.

Phil

The closest I can get is Thomas Moore (designated Thomas Moore II by Grimwade, mark entered 21.8.1750). The problem with this is that Grimwade's illustration appears to show a pellet between the letters - and Jackson's illustration very clearly has a pellet. However Grimwade accompanies his listing ...