Help appreciated with London George III marks

[excalibur1661]

Greetings board members,

I would be most grateful for your opinion on the maker of these salt cellars which I believe were made in 1798. I understand that John Bridge's first mark was registered in 1792. Could these possibly have been made by him?

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Fred


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[silvermakersmarks]

Your salts were actually assayed in the 1818/1819 assay year - that's a lower case "c". Unfortunately there are several I·B marks during that period so it may be impossible to be 100% certain about the silversmith. Possible candidates include:

- John Brough, smallworker, registered 7 Aug 1813
- John Booth, plateworker, registered 24 Nov 1813
- Joseph Biggs, plateworker, registered 26 Jan 1816
- John Baddeley, plateworker, registered 8 Oct 1818

Phil

[excalibur1661]

Thank you Phil,

I initially thought 1818 as well. However when I juxtaposed the cellars' duty mark, city mark, and even the shield of the year mark between 1818 and 1798; I get more conformitu with 1798.

Fred

[silvermakersmarks]

Punches varied, so trying to match duty marks, town marks, etc with known examples is not necessarily straightforward. For me the clincher is the round "blob" at the top of the "c" which shows that it is lower case. Upper case "C" has a pronounced serif.

Phil