Birmingham 1900 - unknown makers mark

[neilL]

I have a whip that has two silver bands and a 5ft knobbly wooden part.
The hallmarks on the band away from the end are the clearest and are Birmingham 1900 but the makers mark appears to be T.C or possibly T.G. I found a reference to T. Chetland & Co, a whip mount maker, but the date of 1900 seems to be before he started.

Wanted to upload photos but cannot find a way to do it.

Neil

[dognose]

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[neilL]

It was finding a way to host pictures on the web that foxed me. Hope these work. top two pictures are the upper silver band, middle picture is the silver end cap and the other two show the whole grip and the whole whip.

Neil

[dognose]

Hi Neil,

Please post some reasonably sized images [max. 7" (18cm)] of at least the marks.

Trev.

[neilL]

Hope this is better

[silvermakersmarks]

This appears to be the mark of Thomas Chetland, registered at the Birmingham Assay Office as a "whip mount maker" in March, 1881.

Phil