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janey

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iconnumber posted 03-13-2005 12:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for janey     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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This is an unopened bottle of smelling salts, so my mother tells me! The silver lid has a number on top of it RP447239, with four female forms. the hallmarks on the side of the lid
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WD a lion next is the Chester mark,next to that I think is a 'duty mark'

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The makers mark is for John and William Deakins. The "RP" mark is in all likelihood the British registry mark (so it's probably an Rd, not RP), for 1904, which is consistent with the dates for the Deakins.

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