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Curiously marked fork
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:56 am
by Granmaa
This fiddle pattern dessert fork of British style and with a British style monogram has some rather unBritish hallmarks.
Norway has been suggested to me, though I haven't been able to check this. Any information would be appreciated.
Miles
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:39 am
by Granmaa
With Trev's help, I've been able to find out that these are Maltese hallmarks, stamped when Malta was a British colony.
The R mark is their standard indicating Roman Fineness: 11 deniers; which I think means 11/12 or 91.66666667%
Now I just need to find out who RC is. Does anyone know of any books on Maltese silver?
Miles[/list]
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:52 am
by Granmaa
New information:
THE GOLDSMITHS OF MALTA AND THEIR MARKS (Victor F. Denaro) (1972)
page 158: R = period 1826-1857; Governor Sir Thomas Maitland during British Rule; equivalent to 917 ppt.
page 186: RC = Rocco Corsone; date of warrant is 16/9/1840
1849 = date of manufacture
Thankyou Doos and Alain