Silverplate Toast Rack

[Bugguy]

Any assistance ID'ing this toast rack will be appreciated!

This my first post, I'm pretty heavy into vintage English sterling napkin rings.

[Bugguy]

I found one more stamp... maker?

[AG2012]

Hi,
The maker is Deykin and Sons, Birmingham.
It is not sterling silver, but silver plated. EPNS stands for Electro Plated Nickel Silver.
See here:
https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_D2.html

Your mark is in the left column.
Regards

[Bugguy]

AG2012 - Thank you. I figured out the EPNS shortly after I posted; however, I did't make the connection to Deykin. Thanks1

[Essexboy Fisher]

Hello Bugguy, if you checked the reference that AG2012 had linked to Deykin & Sons, you would have seen the mark of the later concern of Deykin & Harrison. I did wonder if the last gothic letter was in fact the "H" for Harrison and not the "S" of the earlier concern. It is the "gondola" type pictorial mark that points to the "Deykin" concerns. They had a production site in Birmingham called "Venetian Works" and some of their EPNS, possibly later goods, carry the trade name "Venetian Silver".
Fishless

[Bugguy]

Essexboy... I noticed the Harrison reference and looked at some other sites for slightly different images. I'm actually leaning to the D & H because the gondola seems closer to my stamp. The impression is just not clear enough.

On the other underside of the rack the numbers 3920 are clearly stamped. Thoughts on relevance?

I actually purchased this 30 years ago from a dealer in N. Illinois well before I started paying attention to marks.

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[AG2012]

Hi,
Number is of no relevance; it is internal manufacturer`s production line or pattern number. Sometimes it`s sequence production number seen in e.g. German manufacturer Wilkens & Söhne (helps dating) but that`s not the case with your rack.
Regards