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kinverroy Posts: 26 Registered: Apr 2005	posted 05-18-2005 01:50 PM [26-0447] Can anyone give me a clue as to what this is ? It looks like a small cake slice but at only 6" long with the slice about 1.5" wide by 2" it would be a pretty small slice of cake. The only marks are on front side of handle and are also a puzzle.It is like a diamond shape with a letter 'I' in a circle on the top.Within the diamond is a "13" above a "D" above "4" "R" "X" and at the bottom of the diamond is the letter "W". Wondered about Military significance. Thank you IP: Logged
Scotia Posts: 125 Registered: Oct 2003	posted 05-18-2005 04:37 PM Hi there, The piece you have is marked with a Victorian registration diamond / lozenge, which dates your piece to the 13th March 1868 if my calculations are correct. IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1627 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-18-2005 05:09 PM There are no military markings anywhere that I can see. Are you mistaking the standard British registry stamp as being military? As Scotia pointed out, the diamond shaped marking is simply saying that the design for this particular object was registered for a piece of metalwork (as opposed to ceramic, glass or wood) at the British patent office on March 13, 1868. It would be like finding a marking on an American object that says Patented on March 13, 1868. It could have been produced anytime after that date as well. I do not see any hallmarks on the server which suggests that it is silver plated. [This message has been edited by Kimo (edited 05-18-2005).] IP: Logged
tmockait Posts: 963 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 05-18-2005 05:30 PM I cannot see any military significance either. If it was mess silver, it would probably be sterling and marked with regimental insignia. Tom [This message has been edited by tmockait (edited 05-18-2005).] IP: Logged
kinverroy Posts: 26 Registered: Apr 2005	posted 05-18-2005 05:57 PM Forgive my ignorance having only started looking at family items and finding them so interesting. The only markings are the diamond lozenge, which I had never heard of. I thought maybe that the numbers and letters represented a military unit. Thanks for being so ready to share your knowledge. I still don't know what it's specific function was. IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1627 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-19-2005 09:49 AM You will see the British registry diamond on all kinds of objects that were patented in that country between 1842 and 1884. It was the standard way of telling people that the right to use your design was protected by British law. The numbers and letters in the registry diamond on your server are: The roman numeral in the circle at the top tells what kind of material the item is made of - I for metal, II for wood, III for glass or IV for ceramics. The number at the top of the diamond is the day of the month it was registered, the letter at the right is the year is was registered with X being the code for 1868,and the letter at the bottom is the month with W being the code for March, and the number at the left being the parcel number of the group in which it was submitted that day. In the middle are the letters Rd which is simply the abbreviation for "Registered". In your example, since the registry diamond is relatively narrow they had to squeeze in the "d" a little higher up in the center field than you typically see it. As to what your server would have served, it could be used for pretty much anything small such as slices of vegetables or fruits such as tomatoes or cucumbers, or perhaps petit fours or whatever you like. [This message has been edited by Kimo (edited 05-19-2005).] IP: Logged
kinverroy Posts: 26 Registered: Apr 2005	posted 05-27-2005 04:11 AM Thank you for taking the time to give me such a lot of information. IP: Logged

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