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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 01-18-2002 11:17 AM Prince Albert Who made this? Cox or Gibney? The date is 1844. Do you have Prince Albert pattern older than 1844? If you do have a piece older than 1844 is it English or American? IP: Logged
Trefid Posts: 96 Registered: Nov 99	posted 01-23-2002 06:17 AM I'm not sure who made this spoon either, but this examples gives us a comparison. While Scott's has a "C" in the circle between MG and the year and an "A" below it, mine has an "X" and a "C." I expect these were some sort of journeyman's marks, telling Gibney (or the Coxes) the employee who actually made the spoons. If I had to guess, I'd say Gibney's shop was the manufacturer. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 01-23-2002 08:27 AM I like Trefid's explanation of the marks. It has also been suggested that the additional Gibney marks were a month/day dating convention. Maybe one of the marks was the month and the other a journeyman's marks? IP: Logged
Barbara unregistered	posted 08-19-2002 05:52 PM Hi -- I have a Prince Albert table spoon with both Michael Gibney's marks and those of Ball, Tompkins & Black. That, together with the markings on your spoon, suggests that Michael Gibney is the maker. Barbara IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 07-07-2008 11:13 AM I have a soup ladle in this pattern marked J & W Moir in a rectangle cartouche which of course does nothing to indicate anything earlier than 1844, just thought it might be interesting. [This message has been edited by bascall (edited 07-07-2008).] IP: Logged

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