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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 11-12-2017 04:49 PM
  
    I brought this butter knife in the Kings pattern this weekend because of the worn markings. I have looked, but have not come up with who or when it was made. The letter n looks like a date mark, but it is spaced so far from the rest of the marks that I think it must mean something else. The piece looks and feels like solid silver, but I have been fooled before so I really do not know what it is. Any ideas what this is? IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 11-12-2017 09:25 PM
Nice find, I love the mystery! Chinese export, Malta, India those are my guesses... IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 11-12-2017 09:50 PM
The cross is used in the marking for silver from Malta. I will follow up that lead. [This message has been edited by ahwt (edited 11-13-2017).] IP: Logged |
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dragonflywink Posts: 993 |
posted 11-13-2017 11:59 AM
Those look a lot like British electroplate marks to me - with the crown, prior to the late 1890s (1897?), when its use was banned on silverplate... ~Cheryl IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 11-13-2017 06:02 PM
I think you are right Cheryl. This maker also added a cross for extra confusion, but the cross used is really not the same as those I have seen on silver from Malta. Nevertheless the butter knife is well made and we will enjoy it. IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 11-13-2017 07:56 PM
@Cheryl, as usual, that makes so much sense! Bother I am always so excited by unknown marks.... on sterling or coin. IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 11-13-2017 09:04 PM
I think you are right Cheryl. This maker also added a cross for extra confusion, but the cross used is really not the same as those I have seen on silver from Malta. Nevertheless the butter knife is well made and we will enjoy it. IP: Logged |
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adelapt Posts: 418 |
posted 11-14-2017 01:09 AM
The "crown" (3rd from right) and the symbol between that and the JC mark were both used c1900 by William Page & Co. of Birmingham on electroplate, but with WP in a crown or a lozenge (diamond). So maybe a combination of marks from maker and retailer or another contributor to the finished goods? IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 11-14-2017 12:35 PM
Thanks adelapt. I wonder in anyone in 1900 thought we would be searching for this company in 2017. IP: Logged |
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