Newcastle Maker - Hugh Breckenridge

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bstaunto
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Newcastle Maker - Hugh Breckenridge

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Hey team,

Picked up these teaspoons the other day and it was a maker I hadn't seen before, and hadn't been seen here (from what I could find!), so I thought I would post his mark. Hugh Breckenridge (with various other spellings) only sent items in for assay from 1805 til 1811. He ramped up production a bit as he went on, but wasn't producing a lot. His maker's mark never seems particularly well struck, but you can make it out from the three pictured.

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Re: Newcastle Maker - Hugh Breckenridge

Post by dognose »

Hi Ben,

Thanks for sharing this with us. There is apparently very little, or nothing, to found about this silversmith, he's a real mystery man.

Trev.
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