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mystery hallmarks on caddy spoon.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:00 pm
by bibbobs
Hi everyone!
Im realy struggling to find out the origin of this caddy spoon, I was thinking indian as of the pierced design?? can anyone help with the hallmarks??
Much appreciated!!
Re: mystery hallmarks on caddy spoon.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:59 pm
by Theoderich
Re: mystery hallmarks on caddy spoon.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:08 pm
by bibbobs
Hi there! it could be, just cant clarify with the date mark. Was thinking this is solid silver??
Thanks for the reply!
Re: mystery hallmarks on caddy spoon.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:40 am
by dognose
Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.
Although I do not have reference that shows that exact mark, I feel this is more likely to be the work of Henry Freeth of Birmingham. Freeth was working in the early part of the 19th century as against Harrison Fisher's working period of the very late 19th/early 20th century. The marks shown lend themselves closer to Freeth's time.
As for a date mark, it is always possible that Freeth used a date letter, but in 99% of plater's marks the symbols used were meaningless, and were just applied to imitate official silver hallmarks.
Trev.
Re: mystery hallmarks on caddy spoon.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:20 pm
by bibbobs
Thanks for the quick reply trev!!
Sounds pretty good to me!
kind regards!
Re: mystery hallmarks on caddy spoon.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:42 am
by davesays
Excellent views of the Freeth caddy spoon. Would it possible to run a fridge or other magnet over it to confirm the base metal? I assume it is plated on steel but it would be nice to confirm this or not. The possible date letter is interesting as it suggests another maker was involved in their use in the period c 1815-1820. Davesays