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parker Posts: 5 |
posted 02-02-2004 10:17 AM
  
I recently had handed down to me a collection of what looks like 6 silver egg cups with an ornate silver base. On the bottom of the base there are 4 marks which read left to right as follows: HA - EA - PA(or FA) - HPA ( in a shield ) any idea on who and what these marks refer to? IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 02-02-2004 12:33 PM
From the look of those marks--and the form itself (which is very English), I'd guess that this is a Victorian Electro-plated egg frame - a common form in English table silver, especially in plated ware. The marks are imitating English hallmarks, thus giving the "effect" of a sterling piece, but also giving the name(s) of the makers. I am not the pro on English plater's names, but one of my "spotters" will probably have some more help for you. IP: Logged |
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William Hood Posts: 271 |
posted 02-03-2004 09:45 AM
The marks HA EA FA, sometimes plus EP over A in a shield), are those of Atkin Brothers of Sheffield (see the book by George Mappin, EPNS: Electroplated Nickel Silver, Old Sheffield Plate and Close Plate Makers' Marks from 1784 [London: Foulsham, 1999], p. 55). IP: Logged |
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