help identifying picture frame hallmark

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bensedley
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help identifying picture frame hallmark

Postby bensedley » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:37 am

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user701
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Postby user701 » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:41 am

Maker is R. Carr Ltd,
Carrs of Sheffield (Manufacturing) Ltd,
Hollbrook Avenue, Sheffield

Date letter 1994

bensedley
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Postby bensedley » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:44 am

why does it feel so cheap and like plastic?

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Postby buckler » Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:37 am

These items are virtually thick silver foil and stamped out in a press. Or even rolled out in a strip then mitred and bent . But this has been the case since late Victorian times, although technology has enabled thinner and thinner material to be used over the years.


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