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Letter 14003 Hallmarks? If this item Silver or Pewter?
1. What is it? I have an odd piece of metal I purchased over Ebay from the U.K.
There are several marks on the back. In order, left to right they
are: I looked up British hallmarks. I wonder if this item is silver or pewter. It is hard to smell and I do not want to taste it at this time due to polishing agent. A general description is: Looks like it might be a bookmark or dress clip that one simply places over the page or edgeline of a clothing item. The front is round with 4 leaves and 4 fleur-de-lis cut out from the solid circle, and touching the outside circle. All designs look incised. At the bottom of this ring are two "connectors" at about 5 pm and 7 pm. There are protruding circles at this point on the circle and each protruding circle has a "chain ring" for want of a better work. I hope someone can help! Do I have a piece of junk or a treasure from the past! Thanks, Jane K
Hi, The lion in rectangle means its sterling silver (92.5% silver), Anchor refers to its city of manufacture, Birmingham England, and the capital W refers to the year and that's 1871. The L and q refer to the silver-smith but I don't know who that is...... Ian
++++++ I have come across a coffee server with creamer and sugar with lid. The markings on the bottom are a number that I believe would be the date, which is 1908. Also, has K S co. The co is a capital c with the o inside of it. There is a logo or hallmark of a man's head and shoulders with a hat that looks like a tri-corner hat worn in days of old. I have searched the web endlessly under pewter and silver and finally found your site and am hopeful that you will be able to help me.....Thank you in advance Ruth H
September 28, 2008 For those actively seeking websites in hopes of finding pewter touchmarks and/or silver hallmarks, since the Google search engine will inevitably bring you to this site at some point, I would highly recommend running a simple search under the words "silver hallmarks." The first site that turns up under it is an excellent resource for making both silver and pewter identifications. Linda Talley
September 29, 2008 Thanks, Linda! Regards,
January 7, 2009 I recently purchased a pewter swan with red eyes. It is described
as a flower holder and has a custom frog. Ronald Edelstein
January 7, 2009 I guess the more times we say this is not a hallmarking site, the more times the word 'hallmarking' will appear on this page, and the more hits we'll get from people looking for hallmarking info :-) So, like it or not, I guess we are a hallmarking site. Regards,
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