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Topic: cannot date, please help

janey

Posts: 3
Registered: Mar 2005

posted 03-13-2005 12:12 PM

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This is an unopened bottle of smelling salts, so my mother tells me! The silver lid has a number on top of it RP447239, with four female forms. the hallmarks on the side of the lid
JD
WD a lion next is the Chester mark,next to that I think is a 'duty mark'

If you can help, thank you!

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doc

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Registered: Jul 2003

posted 01-10-2007 09:29 AM

The makers mark is for John and William Deakins. The "RP" mark is in all likelihood the British registry mark (so it's probably an Rd, not RP), for 1904, which is consistent with the dates for the Deakins.

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