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One of those a unicorn? Much like stuff from Canada in general.

Like coronet found related to Tayleur (Taylor) Arms described as "crest of Out of a ducal coronet Or" on site of cheshire-heraldry.org.uk (very close but not exact-suggestive of French origin?).

When you do get to the library you may find they don't have one anymore either. You wouldn't believe what they have dumped in the last 20 years. And it's all probably going to turn up in the book section of a local thrift store. Better hurry!

What style of Native American art? Whoever this guy was, he's lucky that the Colonial Silver Company wasn't still around to sue him for trademark infringement.

Here's one...MC163 over MEX925 on Acapulco souvenir spoon with stone man top (South of the Border Tiki guy).

Add..later owned by Thomas Vail, engaged in German silver and plate. Thence to American Sterling Co.. The mark C.S. Or COIN were used for American silver made from monetary recycling. Maybe Sanders learned his trade with Curtis/Curtisville and kept up a relationship buying stock that he plated himse...

Curtisville Manufacturing Co, Connecticut....apparently used a D mark c.1850's. Any chance? Real close to New York dealers.

Trev's right as usual. I've encountered this myself a few times. This guy really does have a dog's nose for sniffing out the facts.

Crown makers mark of Reddall & Co. Newark, N.J. USA has extreme similarity of elements minus two points and altered fluer de lis crest at front. Stranger than fiction?

It looks to be large. From this I would venture electroplated. If sterling, would be openly marked by name or by number. (Conspicuous marking is generally for small objects.) Likely to be copper or brass base (EPC requires more copper and is more easily dented than brass, a form of tinned copper. Ch...

By the way, would not this arm be associated with St. George, slayer of dragons and symbol of Great(er) Britain or (lesser) England. A similar piece of (fake?) general heraldry was submitted by Trev (Dognose) elsewhere on a nutmeg cup. A rampant lion over braid, it turns up commonly as a topmark hav...

And to be even more clear, none of this has to do with where it was made but rather where it was assayed and when. How many of theses crests coincide with the late era of George III? Could they just be to commemorate an event like mad George regaining his sanity (thus the arm raising a sword symboli...

Maybe just another example of antique humor. The husband, represented by a bull held captive by a crown standing in for a ring, taking a true crowning from his (British or monarchically tempered) wife wherein the sword stands in place for the rolling pin we would more commonly see in later humor. Pe...

The foot on your I (J) appears more fat like mark 40, but the pellet is found on mark 39. Also, the fat left foot on your H is opposite that as in mark 40 where it is the right foot. Transitional stamp perhaps. Suppose the guy who was in business the longest would have gone through more punches over...

Your fat backed B seems lead off differently from mark 3 (#118). Perhaps this is a transitional mark placed between 2 and 3, but in which direction did the marks evolve? Maybe a large enough sample of known pieces attributable to specific dates of manufacture could clarify this. Since this beautiful...

Think your S is in fact a P (PTK Jr.?). All letters are centered as the J needs to be offset. Probably one engraver directly copying two established personal monograms used by those individuals. Very intimate message implied.

Wolf Hound Manor (WHM)? Seriously though, H in the center often equates to Hotel (albeit an early one at that date). Any luck going that direction? Could,have a nickname like running dog lodge.

What's it made of? Why is the crest on the back? Why is it cast in the metal rather than stamped or engraved? Usually, you cast something intended to be repitiously produced. Did this maker normally do custom jobs in this manner?

Hey Trev, Lo and behold! Got a near like mad cat on braid topmarked on what must be a match safe (to enclose one of those big boxes?). Makers mark in shields...castle/W/crown. I'd swear I see one of these marks nearly weekly on something or other. Ash pans, crumbers, etc.. Sometimes there a monogram...

Get the feeling tha a raging lion is overcoming a faltering enemy? Brittania rules? Perhaps a gift to an old warrior or an inside joke for a shotgun marriage. An eagle defeating a lion was once used as a mark for an American china manufacturer to show the overcoming of British dominance in the trade...