GB Maker: Help needed

[clown123]

I have a delightful sweetmeat dish and cannot confirm the maker's mark. London 1763. It looks very much like GB with a pellet. The only GB I could find is George Baskerville. Does that seem reasonable?
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[dognose]

Hi,

It may well be George Baskerville, but this was the time of the missing Largeworkers register, so we will probably never know for sure.

Grimwade has a very similar mark (3580), recorded in the 'Unregistered Marks' section with a possible attribution to Baskerville. This mark was also noted on a sweetmeat-basket.

Trev.
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[clown123]

Thanks for the info. Now I have to find out more about the missing silversmith's marks for that period. I'm intrigued. Do you have any references for that?
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[dognose]

Hi,

This topic, especially the last post, will be of interest to you.

viewtopic.php?t=14083

Trev.
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