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Saw your post on the Mexican silver board. It does not look like a Mexican silver mark to me either. Might be Navajo Indian artist Russell Sam.

I wonder if that's an early logo for George Edward & Sons of London and Glasgow.

I have seen the ECK mark next to David Anderson's c1888-1925 mark. Sorry, don't know who ECK is, probably a designer.



Pat.

In 1898 Gorham added a letter prefix to the numbering system. The A was used on sterling holloware related to dining. They used the A prefix until about 1930. During this time period they also used date codes (a list is on this site). If you find the date code mark it will indicate the year your ite...

I've seen C. Zurita pieces marked Mexico D.F. ( Mexico City) and Taxco. Between about 1948 and 1980 Mexico used the Eagle mark system. C. Zurita was registered with the #1 Eagle mark (along with a lot of other silver manufacturers). Since your piece does not have an Eagle mark it probably dates to b...

American Silver Company, Bristol, Connecticut. Founded in 1901. Bought by the International Silver Company in 1935.

James Emmett Caldwell. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1839 he started his business as James E. Caldwell. After a couple of name changes the firm became known as J.E. Caldwell & Company in 1848. Around 1860 they became just a retailer of silver instead of a manufacturer. Sometime later they becam...

The crossed keys symbol is very similar to ones used in Germany during the 17th century. These marks represented the towns of Liegnitz and Regensburg. Also in the 17th century the Russian town of Riga used a similar crossed keys mark. Can't help you on the mark to the right, maybe the maker's mark. ...

I think your picture has the marks upside down. That might be one of the silverplate marks used by Martin Hall & Company, Sheffield, England (1854-1897). The letters in the shield probably are MH & Co. The first four marks are really hard to read, my guess is EPNS. http://img213.imageshack.u...

I think that's the silverplate mark of the English firm Hammond, Creake & Company (1886-1935).

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Found the mark in Dorothy Rainwater's " Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers", 4th edition.

Pat.

That mark was used by the William R. Elfers Company, New York, New York. In business first half 20th century.

In your first picture the mark just left of 925 is the London import mark used from 1906 on. The BM mark probably is importer Berthold Mueller.
Can't help you with the 2nd set of marks.

Pat.

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I think Admin. has corrected the problem, pictures are all showing up. Yes, I did see the three pictures before.

Pat.

Ellis-Barker Silver Companies, Birmingham, England (in Europe they are known as Barker-Eliis). Founded in 1820. They opened an American branch in New York in 1897. They used a lot of marks. Your mark according to Rainwater's was used since 1912 on sterling and silverplate. http://img248.imageshack.u...

Eagle stamps were used from about 1948 to 1980. Saw one of their boxes and it read "Reyna - Silver Shop Villalangin".

Jose Marmolejo, Taxco.

Around 1980 Mexico changed from its Eagle silver mark to a letter and number system. The T in TV-02 stands for the city Taxco. The V is the first letter of the maker's first or last name (sorry, don't know who that is). 02 means the second individual or company who registered the TV mark.

Your mark looks like one used by the Ellis-Barker Silver Companies of Birmingham, England. It was used on silverplated holloware starting around 1912. They opened an American branch in New York in 1897. In Europe they are known as Barker-Ellis.

Silverplate mark used by the Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, England.