Sheffield 1891-1913 -- Maker's Mark "HA"

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Snowchild Posts: 10 Registered: May 2005	posted 05-02-2005 06:26 PM [26-0418] My husband and I have casually collected silver as our budget permits and have picked up some little pieces here and there chosen only because they are to our liking. I am getting more and more interested in learning about silver and would like to start with identifying a couple of the pieces I have. I have a set of demitasse spoons 4 1/4" in length. So far I have identified that they are indeed Sheffield sterling. I believe they were made between 1891-1913 and the makers mark is "HA". Can anyone tell me who the maker is? If I can learn this information, I would like to try to find out what the pattern is. It is a very simple set of spoons with a shell at the end of the handle. Thanks for any help! IP: Logged
PhilO Posts: 166 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 05-03-2005 02:10 AM HA is Atkins Brothers (HA is Henry Atkin). If you have identified the date range you should be able to fix it more exactly by the date letter which started with a in 1893, continuing in sequence until z in 1917, omitting j. The pattern sounds like it is either fiddle and shell or old English and shell. You should be able to Google for those phrases to find examples. Phil [This message has been edited by PhilO (edited 05-03-2005).] IP: Logged
Snowchild Posts: 10 Registered: May 2005	posted 05-03-2005 09:45 AM Thanks Phil! I will google the patterns you mentioned. The date letter is "i" so that would make these spoons 1901. Do you know if the date charts can be found online anywhere? I have located one for pieces made in London. Would all British silver follow the same chart? Anyway, thanks for your help. When I get my digital camera back which is on loan to a friend, I will take a picture of one of these spoons and post it. Yuki IP: Logged
Snowchild Posts: 10 Registered: May 2005	posted 05-03-2005 03:17 PM I've add pictures to my original post. Not very good, since I used my scanner, but it gives enough of an idea of what the spoons look like. I have a request in with some other web site I found to help identify the pattern. English shell seems to be the closest match, but I cannot find the Atkin. Maybe the other woman I've sent pictures to will be able to locate it. I would like to have one more spoon to round out the three I currently own! IP: Logged
PhilO Posts: 166 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 05-03-2005 04:50 PM Each British assay office used its own date letter sequence until 1975 when the 4 remaining offices (London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh) started to use the same sequence. So the London letters will not help with Sheffield dating, but, yes, i is 1901. Sorry, I don't know of an online date table for Sheffield. Phil IP: Logged
Snowchild Posts: 10 Registered: May 2005	posted 05-03-2005 06:08 PM Phil, Thanks again for the info! Yuki IP: Logged
salmoned Posts: 336 Registered: Jan 2005	posted 05-03-2005 09:49 PM Online British Mark reference My pleasure! IP: Logged
Snowchild Posts: 10 Registered: May 2005	posted 05-04-2005 09:35 AM Thanks, salmoned! Very helpful site. IP: Logged

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