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 E&Co, Birmingham. Does anyone recognize this company?
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Page7462 Posts: 2 |
posted 10-29-2004 10:57 AM
  
I have a lovely pair of candy dishes with the marks E&Co (or E Co.),anchor,lion, and lower case g. They are hammered all over (sorry I don't know how to post photo yet). I understand they are Birmingham, England. Is anyone familiar with E&Co? Thank you. Page ===============================================
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Patrick Vyvyan Posts: 640 |
posted 11-10-2004 10:19 PM
Sounds like they were made by Elkington & Co Ltd of Birmingham. The other marks sound like British hallmarks - the anchor is for Birmingham, the lion for sterling silver, and the "g" is the date letter - these alphabetical cycles depend on the exact style of the letter and the box it is in. Possibilities for "g" include 1881 and 1906. A photo will be necessary for a definitive identification IP: Logged |
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Silver Lyon Posts: 363 |
posted 11-15-2004 11:58 AM
Two further points that may help: 1) As your piece does not have a 'Queen's Head' duty mark, it must be after 1890 as that is when the mark ceased to be used. 2) E&Co as a mark was only re-introduced by Elkington & Co. (The biggest and best of the British mass manufacturers)in 1906 - prior to that (1868-1890)in order to have a totally different silver mark to the one that they used on silver-plated wares they used the initials of Frederick Elkington (FE) and between 1890 and 1906 there is a LD in the mark (E&CoLD - the D is usually tiny, but I don't know how to show it here. Elkington & Co did use various E&Co marks between their start in 1843 and 1868, but they are not relevant to your dishes. Therefore it must be 1906  [This message has been edited by Silver Lyon (edited 11-15-2004).] IP: Logged |
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posted 11-15-2004 01:35 PM
YES, THANK YOU. YOU ARE RIGHT. I TOOK THEM TO CHRISTIES, NYC LAST WEEK AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME. THEY ARE COPIES OF A LIBERTY & CO. DESIGN ACCORDING TO CHRISTIES. IP: Logged |
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