Featured Sterling maker's marks on cap of perfume bottle #1

This is one that came along with a lot of other bottles. I had bought the lot for other things but could not part with this little cutie. It is only 2 1/4" tall & is 1 3/8" across the bottle. I am also wondering the significance of "Alletta" - is this a name, or a place, or???



I have deciphered the Birmingham England part & I think the letter "P" is for 1910 but would love confirmation on that one.






Thanks for any & all opinions or advice!!

 

Pretty piece! It's Birmingham 1889/90 after the duty-mark was dropped - Phil doesn't seem to have maker 'D.J.E' on his site yet:
https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-DE-DM.html#DJ

Believe 'Alletta' would be the owner's name, that Asian-inspired font was popular for a time...


~Cheryl

 

Thanks for the date confirmation!!

That was the period where getting things inscribed with names or the places you visited was a big thing. It is such an unusual name but then again it is a British piece so maybe it is just that I am unfamiliar.

Maybe @silvermakersmarks will stop by.

 

DJE is not shown in any of my references so I am unable to identify the maker.

 

"Aletta" or.. Valetta? The latter is the capital of Malta and Malta belonged to the British Empire for, googled it, 150 years.

 

Thanks for taking a look.

If I ever do decipher the maker I will let you know.

 

It is definitely Alletta.

@Ownedbybear @Houseful @daveydempsey (or anyone else) - Was this a common name at that time?

 

'Alletta' as a female given name isn't particularly common, but not difficult to find it referenced quite a few times in the 19th century - even a poem:
https://books.google.com/books?id=n...4FBDoAXoECAcQAw#v=onepage&q="alletta"&f=false

~Cheryl

 

I too think it the name of the female owner. Pretty name.

 

Another DJE piece:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1861039658
without info on who the maker is

 

A good name! Alletta or Aletta is a name every Dutch woman knows, and many men too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aletta_Jacobs