Two matching goblets

[CHS]

I am a rank amateur about silver, yet was able with your site's help to to date the near identical goblets to 1802 and 1805. There are two different makers, however, not on your list. They are R dot H, D dot H, S dot H on top of each other for the 1802 one and TH for the 1805. Any help with the makers or city would be appreciated. Also, engraved on the bowls shield is a beaver-like animal (ermine, wolferine?) with a fish in its mouth-any ideas?








Thanks for help,
Christine
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[salmoned]

1) Robert, David & Samuel Hennell
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[salmoned]

2) Perhaps Thomas Holland

Both Marked in London.
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[fatso]

RH over DH over SH (Robert, David & Samuel Hennell [L])
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[CHS]

Thanks for the name of the Hennell brothers of London, but given the goblets are a match three years apart, might not there be a fourth brother, first initial T?

Christine
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[admin]

Hi,
Not brothers, a bit of a dynasty.
David - grandpa
Robert - son
Samuel - grandson
Don't think they'd had time to add a fourth generation by 1806!
There are 5 or 6 Thomas H. candidates with near identical marks working around that time, so a conclusive ID on your goblet's rubbed mark is not a likelihood.

Regards, Tom
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[CHS]

So this TH was not part of the family, but copied almost exactly the goblet with the same engraving? Was this common then? Maybe this Thomas H. was commissioned to copy the original? Any thoughts appreciated.

Christine
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