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jethro

Posts: 1
Registered: Jan 2005

posted 01-18-2005 01:28 PM

Hi there,

Can someone help me please, I was going through the loft when I found my nans old pin pot which is made of glass but the lid seems to be silver.

I am trying to find out what the marks are. First away slightly from the rest is the initials wc,does anyone know who this is. next there is a uncrowned lion with a very long tail extending nearly to the back of its head.in the next box there is the letter e printed the same as the one I have just written. The last box I think is a shield but as it is aged I cannot confirm this.

Any info would be greatly appreciated as I would like to find out just for curiosity.

Many thanks in anticipation. xx

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PhilO

Posts: 166
Registered: Jul 2004

posted 01-18-2005 03:25 PM

Firstly, let me say that a picture is worth far more than even the best description. If you can supply a picture that would make identification so much less of a guess. However, you have given a number of clues.

Is the WC in an oval with small projections at top, bottom and sides? This would indicate that the maker is William Comyns & Sons Ltd. Also a pin jar with a silver top is a very typical Comyns product and would have been part of a larger set of dressing table items.

The shield shape you describe could be the assay office mark for London, a leopard's head. The lion with its tail over its back is called a lion passant and is the English symbol for sterling.

Assuming that what I have said above is correct, the "e" would be the date letter for 1900 because of the period that Comyns & Sons was in production.

Phil

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