Mystery marks on Ladle

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arcticman
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Mystery marks on Ladle

Post by arcticman »

I need help on identifying the marks on a ladle that I bought in England.
have tried various websites with no luck.
Any help or input would be appreciated.
As I'm not a techno-phobe, hopefully you can see the marks clearly as I had to use
thumbnails to get the system to accept the images.
Thanks

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Theoderich
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Re: Mystery marks on Ladle

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arcticman wrote:I need help on identifying the marks on a ladle that I bought in England.
have tried various websites with no luck.
Any help or input would be appreciated.
As I'm not a techno-phobe, hopefully you can see the marks clearly as I had to use
thumbnails to get the system to accept the images.
Thanks



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it is plated
http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate__Init_A.html


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arcticman
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Re: Mystery marks on Ladle

Post by arcticman »

Thank you very much for your prompt response.
My apologies for putting it in the wrong forum.
dognose
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Re: Mystery marks on Ladle

Post by dognose »

Hi Articman,

Welcome to the Forum.

It would be good to see some full size images of the marks. Please give it another try.

Trev.
arcticman
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Re: Mystery marks on Ladle

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How about this?
Thanks
dognose
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Re: Mystery marks on Ladle

Post by dognose »

Hi Arcticman,

Thanks for posting the image.

To my knowledge the mark has yet to be identified. We've seen it in different formats, with both the initials 'T.H' and 'IB'.

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The likely conclusion is that 'TH' took over 'IB''s concern, or vice versa. All of the pieces noted with these marks were of very good quality.

Hopefully this topic with promote more thoughts.

Trev.
arcticman
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Re: Mystery marks on Ladle

Post by arcticman »

Thanks, the flower-like mark has horizontal lines on it so presumably is meant to be more than a flower.
Hopefully someone picks up on the marks.
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Re: Mystery marks on Ladle

Post by Essexboy Fisher »

Hello I just came across this post while researching for another post relating to the early Birmingham electroplater "Thomas Harwood". The flower marks are intriguing particularly the one associated with Dognose’s smaller photo of the “IB” mark. I don’t know what type of item that mark came from but “good quality” is mentioned.
I know this is radical thinking but what would be the possible options if that particular flower was in fact a thistle?
Both the provincial Scottish silver centers of Aberdeen and Inverness seem to have possible candidates as the maker.
Have the flower marks on the silver plate been used for imitation of the standard silver mark?

Yours
Fishless
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