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Help with makers mark
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:11 am
by ctree1066
I have what appears to be an 18th century decanter label with only makers mark and lion passant, please could someone help identify the maker and a possible Town? Thanks in advance
Re: Help with makers mark
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:38 am
by AG2012
Hi,
William Devenport London and Birmingham,end 19th century and later, is the only maker matching W.D as far as I can tell.
Regards
Re: Help with makers mark
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:50 am
by silvermakersmarks
The lion passant here is of the form used on London marks between 1739 and 1755.
I would attribute this mark as "probably William Dorrell". We know that Dorrell registered marks as a smallworker in 1736 and 1762. The second of these has a pellet between the letters as on this decanter label but the first mark just has the initials. However it is not at all unlikely that a William Dorrell [W·D] mark might have been in the now missing Smallworkers' Register for 1739-1758. To support this theory the Plate Act of 1738 required all makers to register new marks different to their old ones. This is why new registers were started in 1739.
Phil
Re: Help with makers mark
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:36 pm
by AG2012