D & S fleur de lis G mark

[alicat]

I presume this is silver plate? can anyone confirm please? Ive been googling all day and got more confused than I started, thank you!!

[dognose]

Hi Alicat,

Welcome to the Forum.

Yes, the item would be either nickel silver or plated. If it was silver it would bear official British hallmarks.

The maker is almost certainly Davis & Sons of Glasgow.

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=31210&p=102679&hilit=davis#p102679

Trev.

[silvermakersmarks]

Yes, it's electroplate. D&S are the manufacturer's initials and I would expect that the "G" would stand for the manufacturing town or city. I would speculate therefore that the manufacturer may be Davis & Sons of Glasgow. There is a similar mark here: http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_D.html

Phil