Very strange marks on tea set

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shangrila
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Very strange marks on tea set

Postby shangrila » Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:31 am

I have bought this recently from an English seller (who didn't know anything about it) and have searched through a hundred websites and books since then to identify the marks. I haven't found any of them! Can anyone help?

It is very neatly done, hand engraved obviously (a bit crude), and this doesn't show on the inside. The knobs are ivory with a lot of brown cracks, this doesn't show on the photos. The marks are under the teapot and the coffeepot, there are no marks on the milk jug and the sugar bowl.

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Postby georgiansilver » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:49 pm

I can assure you that they are not sterling silver but silver plate. There are many silver plate producers in the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries..I cannot find a record of your particular maker but they are perhaps just an unknown maker. Perhaps someone else has run across them and can tell you who they are. Best wishes, Mike.

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Postby 2209patrick » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:40 pm

The second mark from the right looks like the beaver mark to me. I have seen a few Canadian companies use this mark. Sorry, I can't match your mark up with a company either.


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