Newbie Needs Help With Hallmark -- Please

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mfraser1964
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Newbie Needs Help With Hallmark -- Please

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Help anyone! I have NO idea what I'm doing here. Please and thank you!

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Hello. I've had a look. Do please post it for everybody to see. You will get a answer. Every "silverphile" in the USA will be interested to see the mark and the broken utensil.

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Hi,
Marks are on broken knife blade.
They look like British pseudo marks, but I may be wrong.
There is no town mark and the maker`s mark of this form is unknown to me.
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Hello again, our forum has the "H.D" mark attributed to "Henry Dennery" of New York circa 1810-20. It is possible the evidence for this is not overwhelming. There is another reference on line of the same marks on a butter knife, and another post on Forum but with lost images. What AG2012 said about the marks is true. They are a set of silver marks that mimic British hallmarks of the early 19th century. They are found commonly on 19th century Canadian and USA silver as well other "countries" where their was a British influence with maybe British money to buy silver items. People tend to buy what they are familiar with.

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Post by AG2012 »

Appart from lion passant, duty mark only vagualy resembles early 19th century British monarchs.
What was intented to be date letter does not match the form of major British offices at the time (the closest is Chester 1802).
All said,it is most likely overseas. Regretfully, we seldom find full information of whereabouts and provenance : even if silver travels in miraculous ways, there is difference if the knife was metal detected in America, Australia or elsewhere.
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