Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

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Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

Postby Traintime » Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:24 pm

Terry & Williams alternate mark? Any idea about the FdotH placement?

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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

Postby silverly » Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:09 pm

Owners initials.

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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

Postby silvermakersmarks » Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:19 am

T&W is Tudor & Whitford of Dublin. This mark was registered by Richard Whitford who became free of the Dublin Goldsmiths Company in 1802 and died in 1824.

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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

Postby Traintime » Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:07 pm

Excellent, and as I see now by search, also never to be confused with Topham & White. Thanks for the fast work!

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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

Postby Traintime » Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:18 pm

If I'm reading these sub-notes correctly (under the Irish date chart), then the shield shape around the marks here is used 1797-1807, thereby narrowing the date range for the spoon.

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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

Postby silvermakersmarks » Sun Apr 01, 2018 1:47 pm

From observation of Dublin marks the cut corner rectangle was actually in use from 1794 and the duty mark was introduced during the 1807/08 assay year, giving a slightly wider window. However T&W's working dates were, according to Bennett, the authority on Dublin silver, 1802-1824, so we can assume a date range of 1802-1807.

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Re: Spoon Maker T&W with F*H at base.

Postby Traintime » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:31 pm

Now that I finally got around to tagging it, Thanks Phil!! Restoring images:

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