Chester Compass, Need Help Please
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:24 am
by shrimpy
Having been given some gold from my Mother, I'm struggling with this one. I've tried to take as best pictures as I can with a fairly poor Camera, Can anyone give me some information, Many Thanks.-
Re: Chester Compass, Need Help Please
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:17 am
by dognose
Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.
Presuming the maker's mark reads 'TJS' then the maker was Thomas James Skelton, of 86, Vyse Street, Birmingham. It's made from 9ct gold and was assayed at the Chester Assay Office in 1913.
Trev.