English Tankard
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:18 pm
by acrftr
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:18 am
by Waylander
Hi and thanks for your post. I am glad I can be of some help;
1) Your piece dates between 1740 and 1755 (the date letter is not clear enough in the photo). Try looking at the London date letters on this site!
British Hallmarks 2) Assayed in London
3) Maker appears to be Fras. Spilsbury (Jacksons 3rd edition page 195)
Cheers
Waylander
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English Tankard -
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:07 pm
by acrftr
Thanks so much - here is a closer picture of the date letter - I am not much for fonts so I am still a bit puzzled.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/acrftr/de ... m=5d4d.jpgMy Dad will be thrilled. His father was given the mug as a retirement gift in 1941!
the full hallmarks
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/acrftr/de ... m=fa64.jpgThe tankard itself
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:25 am
by Waylander
Hmm, it's a bit of a puzzler. My best bet is 1741 (the mark being up side down, being a lower case f).
Waylander
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:27 pm
by cas
Hi, The Maker is Francis Spilsbury (No1) This mark was entered on 15 June 1739 (See The Marks of the London Goldsmiths and Silversmiths 1697-1837. John P Fallon).
Kind Regards Cas
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