Walker and Hall - unidentified item

[jcab]

Hello,

I can't find details of either what these are or the hallmark interpretation.

Cheers
Jonathan

[larkfield]

Hi Jonathan.
The mark on the right is the British Registry Design Date Chart providing information on when the design was registered. This information can be found on this site by going to the site map on the home page and is in the third column (British Registry Dates)
This design was registered 09/11/1881.
Regards

[spobby]

I work it out as 12th September, 1873?
Regards
John

[jcab]

Thanks for this, now just want to find out what they actually are!?! cheers

[dognose]

Hi Jonathan,

Welcome to the Forum.

Yes, the date that Walker & Hall registered the design was 12th September 1873. See: British Registry Design Dates

My first thoughts were that the 'B' may be one of Walker & Hall's date letters, but that does not appear to be the case, and thus must be a quality indicator mark.

Do don't mention a size, but these pieces appear to be sugar crushers. In those days sugar was supplied in solid cones and lumps broken off and ground up prior to use.

Trev.

[jcab]

Hi Trev,

Thanks for this, yes, they are 5 1/4 inches high, and they feel right for the job. very interesting. I will delve more into their history. Cheers Jonathan

[larkfield]

Hi
Sorry for my comment, I must have had a real senior minute or two, using table 2 diagram instead of the post diagram.

[dognose]

Hi Larkfield,

That's two of us! For some reason I did exactly the same thing, I only noticed my mistake at the last moment.

Regards, Trev.