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mgnewman Posts: 4 Registered: Dec 2004	posted 02-01-2005 09:41 PM I hope someone can help me with this conundrum. I have found a biscuit barrel with very poorly-preserved marks. The makers mark of WH in a oval shield is readable, but not a lot else. there is a peaked shield with what looks like the shape of an ampersand in it then what seems to be the date letter then what looks to be a Gothic B then a Gothic V (maybe a Dublin harp?) then a weird shaped mark that looks like a Chester shield with the three sheaves, but on its side. It really looks more like a grouping of 3 initials on its side. The only really good identifying mark is a stamp of 8 arrows, crossed four by four. Any ideas? I am stumped Mark Newman IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 02-01-2005 10:07 PM This sounds like silver plate by William Hutton & Sons of Sheffield & London. IP: Logged
mgnewman Posts: 4 Registered: Dec 2004	posted 02-02-2005 07:07 AM Is the crossed arrows a Sheffield mark? I saw that when I searched for crossed arrows marks on the Forum. Any idea of how to date this? Once again, thanks for your help! Mark Newman IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 02-02-2005 01:51 PM Ordinarily, there is no way to date silverplate from the marks. Only the dates of operation of the firm provide a time frame. If ctalogs exist, the appearance of a style or pattern in the catalog of a particular year can help narrow it down. The marks as you describwe them should be WH/&/S/B/P, followed by the sideways shield containing either MP/A, MP/B, or MP/C. WH&S stand for William Hutton & Sons and BP for Britannia Plate. I do not know what the last mark signifies. As this thread deals with electroplate rather than Old Sheffield Plate, it will be transferred to the Silverplate Forum IP: Logged

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