fruit knife maker THV? ... and date of curly e?

[bookworm]

Sorry, I do seem to be taking up a lot of topic space ... but I have nearly finished cataloguing my bookmarks/fruit knives and I think this is my last query! This sliding blade silver fruit knife made in Birmingham has a makers mark which I think is THV and a fairly curly e date mark which is probably 1904 but to my inexperienced eyes could be 1879. The handle has a clearer date mark and lion, but no makers mark.

[larkfield]

Sponsor appears to be Thomas Henry Vale. From what appears on my screen,the year mark next to the sponsors mark looks like the 1902 c while the other year mark is an 1904 e. I expect they are both e[/i]

[bookworm]

Thanks very much Larkfield; I agree one photo looks a bit like a c, but it is more clearly an e in real life! Nice to know the maker.

Bookworm