need help with a cigerette case
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:39 pm
by rushton_dc
hey all i have a cigerette case i am trying to date i know its not very old but would like to know none the less, it was made by j. gloster ltd in Birmingham from what i could find but i could not find out the year can anyone help me out?
Re: need help with a cigerette case
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:26 pm
by carlislepaul
rushton-dc
I am looking at 'The Silversmiths of Birmingham 1750-1980' by Kenneth Crisp Jones. J Gloster Ltd registered five similar marks between May 1909 and August 1949, your mark appears to be the February 1935 registration, the right hand side of the mark has been lost, a letter D should follow the T in a completed oval. The date mark W appears to be that for 1946-47.
Regards
Paul
Re: need help with a cigerette case
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:34 pm
by rushton_dc
ok great thank you so much not as old as i had hoped but a little older than i had thought lol thanks again.
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