Need help in identifyingThis marks

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Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby TCSilver » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:59 pm

The first symbol looks like a Gorham mark, for the year. Not sure what the last two symbols mean..

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby Aguest » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:02 pm

Hello, could you be so kind as to take a pic that is a little more in focus?

Also, could you take a pic of the entire item so we could see the entirety of the object?

The marks look sort of English at first glance, but we would need a more focused pic to really figure it out.

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby TCSilver » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:43 pm

Here's a couple more images, so hard to get a nice focus on the marks

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby user701 » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:49 pm

They are London hallmarks, not Gorham. There also appears to be faded / worn makers mark next to the lion passant, looks like a H

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby TCSilver » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:05 pm

So it's Sterling 1949, What does the middle symbol mean?

It does look like an H - Which I guess is more research to figure out.

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby techsol » Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:29 am

Hi,

That punch is the town mark, in this case the leopard's head, denoting it was made in London.

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby user701 » Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:48 am

There is probably more to the makers mark, but has probably worn away, sometimes using a loupe and getting the mark in the right light, you can sometimes see more.

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby silvermakersmarks » Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:19 am

This date letter "o" is 1909, not 1949. The style of the letter H (no serif and fairly open) puts me in mind of one of the sponsor's marks of C S Harris & Sons Ltd, especially as there seems to be something within both parts of the H:

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Re: Need help in identifyingThis marks

Postby TCSilver » Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:11 pm

Yes, My wife said their looks to be something above and below the H - I think you nailed it.


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