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susie54
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letters on fish knives

Postby susie54 » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:14 am

the letters on these knives are EPNS underneath it says J,S,D. could anyone help me with these. they were from my grandma. i cannot find anything out about them. so if anyone could help i would be gratefull
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Postby 2209patrick » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:22 pm

That might be an old mark of James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, England.
This is one of their silverplate marks before they started using the trumpet trademark in 1879.
It's a variation of their Old Sheffield Plate (fused plate) mark registered in 1835.

Pat.
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Margaux
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Postby Margaux » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:14 pm

EPNS stand for Electro Plated Nickel Silver
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