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From the style of the spoon, the engraving and the pseudo hallmark, I would say that these were American from the first half of the 19th century.

Hello Trev, That would seem logical. I am not sure what that mark which looks like a tulip is. I am sure I have seen it somewhere, but I can't find any reference to it.


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Paul.

This is an Old Sheffield Plate Salver with marks which I have seem attributed to both Matthew Boulton and Mappin Brothers. Can anyone give me a definite attribution? Paul. http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj498/pahsilver/OSP/th_IMG_1165.jpg http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj498/pahsilver/OSP/...

This is what is know as a “Parish Pattern”, in this case King’s pattern. These were patterns not registered to a particular maker. Often the blanks were made by a particular manufacturer, in the case of this pattern, in their thousands, and sold to another company to be plated to their own specifica...

That does seem to be one of the trade names used by flatware makers for their unplated nickle silver pieces. It is an alloy of nickle, copper and zinc which can be polished to look like silver.

This is an ordinary fiddle teaspoon, which appears to be by William Pearce of Plymouth, with an Exeter date letter for 1821. The records I have seen suggests that William Pearce worked until around 1796. Am I barking up the wrong tree here and can anyone explain this anomaly? Paul. http://i1264.phot...

I am also wondering about the possibility of a George Smith duty dodger. I do have a few on which he has simply distorted the mark to obscure it. Maybe this is a variation on a theme.

I see what you mean Trev. I shall claim that it is the Loch Ness Monster and it is the only know piece of Drumnadrochit silver!

Paul.

I am trying to figure out who made this Old English table spoon. The initials seem to be “G S” in script. The thrice struck mark is similar to the Cancer mark used by certain Aberdeen silversmiths. Am I putting two and two together to make five in leaning towards George Sangster? http://i1264.photob...

Thanks Trev. It's obvious once you know.Just looked in Douglas Bennett's book and there it is!

Paul.

This is a typical Celtic point teaspoon, but I am having a problem tracing the maker. I have posted this in the Scottish section, but I might be wrong. The maker’s mark appears to be “I N” and there is also a trace of a mark to the left, which has been struck with only half the mark on the spoon. An...

That is an EPNS (Electro plated nickel silver) Dubarry pattern spoon. I would suggest that the maker would be John Round of Sheffield.

Thanks Silverfan. Another mystery solved.

This is a sugar sifter with what I interperate as a Munich mark for 1822. The maker’s name is clearly Wollenweber, but the only references that I can find for such a silversmith in Munich is for an Eduard Wollenweber who was born in 1822. If my dating is correct this would make him a rather young si...

Here is a interesting little thing, from the days before the Trades Descriptions Act. This is a medal or fob made from Walker & Hall’s “nickle silver” alloy, marketed under the name of “H Hall” Silver”. Later to be re-branded “Oruba” I am assuming that these fobs were given away as a marketing t...

Here is the same mark. It is on a mustard spoon. It is not silver plated, which might suggest that the blade on the knife above is silver with a plated handle. http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj498/pahsilver/Forum/th_IMG_8549.jpg http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj498/pahsilver/Forum/th_IMG_8...

Here is an oddity. It is silver plated and at 21cm, around the size of a table spoon. The head is of a larger proportion than a table spoon, but bowled with four tines. It has a registration mark for March 1883. It is obviously for serving something and is actually suitable for all sorts of foods, b...

Found it! Thanks to Dendriet for posting the link: http://silberpunze.freehost.ag/
in another topic. It is Bernburg, Germany.

The cross is the town mark of Tallinn/Revel, Estonia, C above MM is the mark of Christian Mathias Möring, working from 1742 - 1787.

Paul.

Hello Theoderich. Thanks for the reply. What was this mark on? Did you manage to identify it?

Paul.