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Topic: Mappin & Webb - Date Mark?

katehp

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Registered: Mar 2016

posted 03-09-2016 04:48 PM

I have another teaspoon identification question. The mark on this spoon is clearly "Mappin & Webb," and the A in a circle I believe denotes standard electroplating.

The middle symbol has me confused - I've seen some references to Mappin & Webb using date marks on plate, but no reference on how to decode them. Without a more specific understanding of the mark, I have this spoon dated 1863-1898 based on the firm's chronology.

Thanks again! The resources and the forum have been most helpful in deciphering these marks.

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agphile

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Registered: Apr 2008

posted 03-09-2016 06:17 PM

I am not an expert plated items but have looked into M&W, albeit fairly superficially. As far as I know nobody has worked the significance of these letters (gothic in this case, I think) on M&W plated articles though they do seem to be date letters. Their 20th century pieces will normally carry one of their trade names (Princes Plate or Mappin Plate) so your 19th century dating may well be correct.

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