ITY & co gerorgian? silver wine coaster unknown marks

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ITY & co gerorgian? silver wine coaster unknown marks

Postby sanssouci6 » Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:59 pm

here are pics of a wine coaster i have had for awhile. as you can see it has the lion passant a gerorgeIII ? duty mark, the makers mark of ITY&co and a weird date letter of a crowned K in an oval. does anyone know what any of that means? i can't find anything that remotely looks like this in any of my hallmark books. i don't think it is sheffield plate.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8646710@N05/528619850/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8646710@N05/528619810/

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Postby Granmaa » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:44 pm

That's a very nice piece.

It was made in Sheffield 1809 by John T. Younge & Co.

Miles

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Postby sanssouci6 » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:31 pm

duh.
i was not thinking about the town mark being in the same cartouche as the date letter!
thanks so much

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Postby Granmaa » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:59 am

The date letter and citymark in one cartouche is peculiar to Sheffield from 1780-1854, and was only used on small articles.

Miles


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