Sugar Caster, marriage !

[windag]

This top is on a Samuel Welder caster assayed for London 1736, to my annoyance l did not look carefully enough although l must admit it is a good marriage, try as l have, l cannot find the maker of the top section, could anybody help please ?
l am hoping for the same period.
Thanks in anticipation.

Nigel

[AG2012]

Hi,
There seems to be no British maker whose initials start with N in the mark of this shape.
But try upside down;there are several candidates, although cannot tell the first letter for sure (JN,TN...)
Regards

[windag]

Thank you very much for the idea of turning it around, in fact l think it is T M, if you look at Grimwades 2846, Thomas Mason (1746) mark the M looks like a N with the last stroke of the M very fancy, also the conjoined first stroke of the M is curled around the T and l think the T has folded over time, maybe l could be wrong, but it does seem to be very very close, l know it is English as next to the mark which is not clearly shown is the Lion Passant.
Once again thanks

[AG2012]

Definitively Lion passant and the style of the mark matches mid 18th century;meaning if marriage,it is a perfect one.
Regards

[windag]

Great, thanks for your help :-)