Small Vest Case - Need Help With Makers Mark +Date

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leealp1
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Small Vest Case - Need Help With Makers Mark +Date

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Please can anyone help me with the Makers Mark and Date on this small Vesta Case

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Re: Small Vest Case - Need Help With Makers Mark +Date

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No problem with the date - it's 1900/01. But the sponsor's mark is a mess; it appears to be an overstrike where a replacement mark has been punched on top of the original. There is nothing suspicious about this and there are several possible explanations, the most likely being that a batch of vestas was ordered from a manufacturing silversmiths and the company placing the order wanted to sell them on with their own mark. Unfortunately in this case we are left with a mainly illegible mess. There seems to be a W in the middle and possibly an H on the left. This suggests Henry Williamson Ltd, but with a very low confidence level.

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Re: Small Vest Case - Need Help With Makers Mark +Date

Post by leealp1 »

Hi Phil

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

Regards

Lee
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