Trophy info is poss please

[helenatrunshaw]

Hi, i;ve looked around your website and believe this to be a sterling trophy made by Edward Barnard and sons, london in 1917 if i have read the lists correctly (and not sure the Edward Barnard shield is the same as my camera did a great job of the detail surprisingly!) and i have not seen any of the plain shield next to the M but i really could be having a blonde moment and just not reading it right so do apologise in advance if i have.
Its purely curiousity as its an old prestigious perpetual trophy that i have recently won and would love some history/birthplace/date if at all possible and many thanks in advance,
Helen





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[dognose]

Hi Helen,

Welcome to the Forum.

Your are correct, it's Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, London, but it's 1927.

Regards Trev.
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[helenatrunshaw]

thank you for the welcome and thank you very much for the info, much appreciated. Do you know what the plain shield is for at all? 3rd emblem along?
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[dognose]

That's the 'Leopard's Head', the mark of the London Assay Office, on your example the face is very worn by over-polishing. When you clean it, keep your thumb over the hallmark.
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[helenatrunshaw]

Oh brilliant, thank you very much!!
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[dognose]

Late Victorian advertisment for Edward Barnard & Sons.



Trev.
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[helenatrunshaw]

Thank you very much for that dognose. The original chap it was presented by was a member of a rather large and influential family from Flintshire , Lord Kenyon of the Gredington Estate so as much as it sounds daft i had an idea it wouldn't be some 'cheap piece' originally i'd have thought and its been so interesting 'googling' the history and your information, thank you very much
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