English Bud Vases-help with hallmarks

[MD69]

These bud vases have previously been identified as 900/1000 silver. I received them with a box of English sterling silver mostly from the 1800s.

I'm having trouble with the hallmarks. Any help identifying the maker and the year would be appreciated.

[user701]

They are not English, they are Chinese and made by Wang Hing

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

[MD69]

Thanks so much, user701. Your help allowed me to identify a second piece also.

[user701]

Your welcome.

[dognose]

Hi MD69,

Welcome to the Forum.

The forum is not just for questions and answers, we also enjoy seeing the collections of others.

Is it possible that you could start a new thread with your other item? (I ask, because of the great image you posted here.)

Trev.

[MD69]

Hi Trev,

Thanks for the great site. I would not have been able to identify all of my sterling silver without it.

The image was captured near a pair of large corner windows. This allowed me to use natural sunlight, rather than a flash. The background of course is simply crumpled brown paper. I used a Sony DSLR in manual focus mode.

For the hallmarks, I used an inexpensive Canon Powershot with super macro focus mode. This allowed me to get the lens within a few mm of the hallmarks, and once again, natural sunlight was used for lighting. Sometimes it took the Canon's autofocus a couple of tries to lock on, but the results are very good.

I am using tumblr to catalogue the collection.

I will gladly post more of my collection to the forum. Sadly, it is not as large as it once was.

Geoff