Postby oel » Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:33 pm
Hi Trev,
Yes, you have it right. The year letter S for 1928 and assayed in Utrecht(B). Both makers’ marks, the big and small one, are of the Fa. A.J. Driesen and used during the same period 1923-1943. The reason of the overstrike, the only plausible explanation I can come up with. The first original and correct mark used for big items, like Sheila’s spoon, was a mis-struck and made with a damaged punch mark which deformed the D in the maker’s mark A.J *D*. To correct the error, a new punch mark, normally used for small items; A.J.D was used to overstruck the deformation, to clearly show the D for Driesen. Alternatively, could we blame Sheila, did she asked for it?
Best,
Peter
