James Deakin & Son Sheffield Inkwell Help with date

[silversurf]

Hello Have a James Deakin & Son , Sheffield Inkwell . as you see the P from the hallmark I thought it would be dated 1858 But from what i heard.

This is what i googled James Deakin established his firm in 1865 on Matilda Street in Sheffield. By 1886 he was in partnership with his 3 sons and the name of the firm was changed to James Deakin & Sons. In 1888 .

11 " H
11 " W
8 " D

thank you .

[user701]

It is not made of silver, but is silver plated.

The P and following numbers are probably product numbers etc, The P is nothing to do with date letters hallmarks.

http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_D.html

[silversurf]

Thank you So the P would just mean Plated , I was going by the sterling dating system.

Is there any where to guesstimate a date on item ?

Would the numbers be sequential to dating ?

If you were to Google JAMES DEAKIN AND SON SHEFFIELD INKWELL EPERGNE , There is another one with the R 3580 , Also Mine does not have the Lamp stamp .

Thank you Very much

[user701]

The P has nothing to do with dating at all, it is just part of a product / inventory code with the numbers also part of that.

More on this site for Deakin marks: http://www.silvercollection.it/electrop ... .html#DEA1

I would guess at 1880's for your piece, but that is only a guess, I am not an expert.

[silversurf]

After a small cleaning , I just found another mark a Y and something odd in the corner , a X / ... / 1