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Hi,
I ran across these recently and I can't for the life of me figure out who made them and if they are silver or silver plated. I understand about the assay and date marks but I am confused if they have to be in a certain order and if the sideways anchor indicates that these could be Birmingham. I can't find any information about the J.C. mark either. The set has 12 additional matching knives but the picture didn't come out then my camera took a dump.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I love this website and have been using it to identify some of the odd silver pieces I have in my collection. I would love to add this set to my collection if I can identify what they are.
Thanks in Advance
Nwiggleson

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Hi,
So sorry about my pictures not posting but I think I got it now.
I ran across these recently and I can't for the life of me figure out who made them and if they are silver or silver plated. I understand about the assay and date marks but I am confused if they have to be in a certain order and if the sideways anchor indicates that these could be Birmingham. I can't find any information about the J.C. mark either. The set has 12 additional matching knives but the picture didn't come out then my camera took a dump.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I love this website and have been using it to identify some of the odd silver pieces I have in my collection. I would love to add this set to my collection if I can identify what they are.
Thanks in Advance
Nwiggleson

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Welcome to the forum.
Using the Forum "Search" facility you'll find various posts discussing the "sideways anchor".
There is a useful guide within the British Hallmarks menu explaining the significance of the various marks on the forks and that the lion passant mark confirms these items are standard silver. In the Birmingham section you'll find the date letter sequence showing they were assayed 1893-4.
A Birmingham silversmith known to be active at the time the forks were assayed and who used a rectangular mark containing JC with a dot (pellet) between the letters was John Cook. Forum members may know of others.

Mike