1783/1788(?) candlesticks
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:27 pm
by username2018
Here are the hallmarks and candlesticks. I have tracked down the date marks (1783 and 1788?). Not sure why there are two.... the town mark i am pretty sure is Sheffield, however, im unable to find the exact match. And the first two hallmarks i cant find anywhere.
Any help with the identification of these is immensly appreciated. Thank you.
Re: 1783/1788(?) candlesticks
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:32 pm
by silvermakersmarks
Hi and welcome to the forum.
The marks on your candlesticks are manufacturer's marks, not hallmarks. WB are the initials of William Briggs, a Sheffield manufacturer, and the candlesticks are silver plated, not solid silver. I cannot say whether they are electroplated (a process in which a thin layer of pure silver is electrochemically deposited onto a base metal) or Old Sheffield Plate (OSP) which is composed of a plate of silver fused to a base. To check for OSP find an edge and see if the layers can be seen.
Phil