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gayle Posts: 2 Registered: Jan 2005	posted 01-09-2005 07:22 PM I have ll old forks with ivory handles. at the base of the tine are several stamps in the silver or silverplate: W.Y....then a stamp I can't decipher...then a lion walking leftward...then a T. Can anyone help me identify these marks? IP: Logged
tmockait Posts: 963 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 01-10-2005 12:15 AM The lion passant walking left would suggest the silver is British. The unidentifiable mark may be a town mark (anchor, crown, etc.), and I am guessing the letter is a date mark. Without knowing the town though, it would be hard to look up the date letter. Can you post a photo? TM IP: Logged
TBC Posts: 134 Registered: Jan 2005	posted 01-14-2005 08:39 PM Hi, I's agree with Tom Macait's analysis; a lion walking left indicates a UK piece at a guess, I'd plumb for London (on volume alone). If it is a capital "T", then is could be 1954-55. Might the first mark be a leopard's head? A photo could help? Rgd TBC IP: Logged
PhilO Posts: 166 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 01-15-2005 03:45 AM My guess would be Sheffield, for which an upper case T would be 1961 (with a crown as the town mark) or 1993 (with a York rose as the town mark). WY is William Yates Ltd. Phil IP: Logged

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