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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 10-25-2003 07:44 PM
  
Here is a 7 1/2" hanoverian spoon with four strikes of a punch bearing a device that represents a compass (dividers) topped by a crown or fleur-de-lis. I believe this is most probably an English provincial piece c. 1730. The use of unlettered punches as makers' marks was common in the 17th Century and earlier, when the majority of the population was illiterate, and continued in some areas as late as the 1730's. Multiple strikes of the maker's punch were sometimes made, with the lowest clear and the others partially obliterated to simulate hallmarks, thus giving the false impression that the spoon had been properly assayed and the duties paid. Many such unlettered marks have been recorded, and the areas of origin may be known, although the makers may remain unidentified. I have been unable to find reference to this particular mark Does anybody know - or have a reference with - this mark, or an educated guess as to the region from which it may have originated? IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 12-27-2006 02:24 PM
Up from the archives. With so many new contributors, maybe someone now can provide an identification. IP: Logged |
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 03-18-2012 05:32 AM
A very late reaction. Not a mark I've ever seen and by this time (somewhere around 1740) provincial makers were marking with their initials whether or not with an added device. I wonder whether it might be an unregistered mark used by a Huguenot, the fleur de lys a carry over from the mark used in France? Perhaps one who worked as a journeyman so rarely made items in his own name. Just a thought. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 03-18-2012 01:35 PM
Better late than never - thanks for the input. IP: Logged |
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