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Scotia Posts: 125 Registered: Oct 2003	posted 07-10-2005 05:47 PM Hi there, I have a pair of fiddle pattern teaspoons, which I though may have been Scottish but the lion looks German. The marks are "W.I", a standing lion in an oval and a blob on a stem that looks like a tree, quite similar to the Greenock tree. Can anyone shed any light on the origin? IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 07-10-2005 11:40 PM Your spoon is Canadian - these pseudohallmarks appear on spoons marked by a wide variety of retailers. Your spoon may be markied by William Innes of Quebec. IP: Logged
Scotia Posts: 125 Registered: Oct 2003	posted 07-12-2005 02:39 PM Hi there, Are you sure it is Canadian? They are fiddle pattern teaspoons and the monogram and style look to be Scottish. There is a William Innes listed for Tain and the makers punch is very similar. I don't have a specific book on Tain silver so I don't know much about William Innes. Is it a coincidence or did he perhaps emigrate? IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 07-12-2005 04:25 PM Positive. Even though your photograph is somewhat blurry, the pseudohallmarks are quite distinctive, and Langdon's books show many examples of them with different "maker's marks." IP: Logged
Scotia Posts: 125 Registered: Oct 2003	posted 07-12-2005 04:34 PM Thanks Swarter. IP: Logged

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