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Hello, at the last auction I viewed I snapped a few photos of the manufacturers mark on somes dessert spoons. I thought they carried some interesting electroplate marks. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50390167401_79e7f516c0_c.jpg "Yates" is a well known name in the Birmingham, England...

Hello, here is a picture from my collection of images that I have labelled as "probably John Harrison" of Sheffield. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50331334507_ddc7184edc_z.jpg This has a crown and a head like mark to add to the "cat" to nearly make a full set of pseudo hall...

Hello, TS, it is always better to "embed the image" as more people will see it. Not everybody is happy to look to another site to see an image. I have had a look though and I hope you have realised that your spoon is just silver plated and not readily datable as so much of European solid s...

W.R.Bullen Norwich Hello, this is little extra information to go with a post loaded in this section by "Dognose". That reference is: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=40531&p=114122&hilit=bullen#p114122 My information includes a synopsis of the "history&q...

Hello, below is an image of the mark on the silk of a spoon box supplied by Dyson & Sons of Windsor. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50221808066_3f4655616a_c.jpg Note, the silk likely said "Windsor & Eton", but they are like twin towns facing each other across the river Thames ...

Hello, I think there is a chance that you are going to be disappointed with with the outcome with your bit of cutlery and its marks. You have "Sheffield England" on the item meaning it is likely to have been made at the beginning of the 20th century. In fact there is a possibility of close...

Hello Inquisitive Collector, I think most collectors with an interest in silver plate would put your marks in with the "J.Gilberts" of Birmingham marks. The J.G mark being somewhat difficult to sort between John Gilbert and Joseph Gilbert. The "Gilbert" name is associated with a ...

Hello Revampvin, we have the Gothic EPNS lettering plus a Maltese cross but these were regularly used by companies up to and around the start of the 20th century. Thus the key must be the shield with the intertwined lettering. It could be the manufacturer's mark or possibly a retailer's mark. From y...

Samuel Hume Jeweller and Silversmith 17 Elvet Bridge, Durham I found 3 references for Samuel Hume in Durham trade directory PDF's: Hume Samuel, 17 Elvet bridge, Durham jewellers Hume Samuel, 17 Elvet bridge, Durham watch & clockmakers Hume Samuel, watch maker, I7 Elvet bridge Also the Index to ...

Hello again, I recently saw another nice clear set of Gladwin marks carried on a 1938 Air Ministry spoon. I am uploading those together with one of the earlier "lost" marks from 1950 to re-illustrate Gladwins' military cutlery production period. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50097141...

Hello Prospero, welcome to the forum and thank you for the crisp image of the manufacturers marks. I am describing them as "manufacturers marks" and not "hallmarks" as this is a more correct description when we can not see some form of a silver standard guarantee mark. I do have ...

Hello, I think I have another Kelantan silver item with the unknown "HY" maker mark. This is on a small condiment type spoon, 6.0 centimeters long. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50054725368_b335382433_m.jpg The spoon finial appears interesting to me as it appears in a pseudo filigree...

Thank you Theoderich for identifying "Johann Jakob Meyer" as the maker of my Hamburg spoon. I think I have an English translation corresponding to the information you have added for us. My quote is from an auction catalogue describing an item made by the "Immanuel Adalbert Notzke"...

Hello, I saw on line, another spoon that I thought might have a little research in it. I thought it was continental and possibly a pre 1886 Hamburg area spoon. It does have a 1876 "personalisation". At 23 centimetres long I assume it was a server and I hope I am correct posting the spoon p...

Trelfers Jewellers, Benjamin Henry Trelfer, Benjamin Trelfer Horsham, West Sussex and Capel in Surrey "Trelfers Jewellers" of Horsham closed in 2019, 138 years after the establishment of the West Sussex/South Surrey business. Below are 2 references covering mainly the later history of the ...

JOHN R. BUSS & SONS LIMITED 45 Deansgate and Exchange Arcade , 64 & 66 King Street Manchester Hello, a little while ago, in a mixed auction lot, I saw some electroplated spoons with a good set of marks on. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49725653202_36c8e0f4ee_m.jpg “Buss” was a manufact...

L.Beha & Co Watchmaker & Jeweller. 28 Dunraven Place, Bridgend and 12A Station Road Port Talbot This spoon box seen on line intrigued me. I thought "Beha" was an Interesting surname for a jeweller in Bridgend. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49702431147_771bd059fc_n.jpg I soon ...

G Wilson Middlegate Penrith – George Wilson watchmaker Appleby The information about this small jeweller and watchmaker concern came mainly from an article from a 1999 edition of the "Cumberland & Westmoreland Herald" George Wilson founded his Penrith business in 1850, but had origina...

H.H.Gibson Retailer Pontypridd. I saw this retailers mark shown below recently on line. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49462130107_b1b60e2f3c_n.jpg I thought it could be of interest here or equally in the "Firms Working in Wales in the 19th and 20th Centuries" section as Pontypridd is...

Thank you Traintime, Blakstone and Theodorich for your input to my questions. I have clearer ideas about my spoon now. There is always a problem when there is no indication of first names in the makers marks and particularly so if it is a “common” family name as in this case. I thought that this cou...