Antique silver buttons

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Antique silver buttons

Postby Ajax » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:51 am

These buttons I believe are London made about 1902
They are presumably cast, and are almost exactly 1" across the largest diameter.
The close-up view seems to have a maker's mark of a simple capital F

Please can someone name the maker and indicate his importance or otherwise!

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Postby Granmaa » Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:52 pm

The F mark you can see almost certainly stands for Foreign, i.e not made in Britain. This F was used, I think, between 1867 and 1904. Another point that adds weight to this is the fact that I've never seen a maker's marks between the other marks, at least not from this period.

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Postby Ajax » Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:25 pm

Thats really interesting Granma.
Presumably an import then and the British retailer had them hallmarked?
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Postby Granmaa » Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:49 pm

That's right.
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Postby Ajax » Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:53 pm

Thank you very much.
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