The book just contains biographies per a description I found a short time ago. Amazingly, the Mechanics' Institute (San Francisco) has digitized...
This piece recently came in, and it gets raves from anyone who has seen it. The frame alone is incredible, and I hope my picture captures some of...
Oops, anundverkaufen.
Thank you anundverdaufen - with just a quick look, I think you have it. I will do a bit more looking this evening. The mark was fuzzy on the one...
Here are the other two orientations for the mark: [ATTACH]
I'm trying to ID the mark on this large brass or bronze vessel - maybe a planter? If has a foot and 2 handles, with a textured surface on the...
Copper didn't make sense, so I googled the name. It should be "Cooper Brothers" in Sheffield in the quoted text above.
News from the Sheffield Assay Office: " ... I can confirm the dates you have for the pieces, The date Letter E was used to commemorate the...
Thank you. I'll post an update if I can locate.
Hello Moeller - do you remember any of the title? Or approximately when you saw it? We have some 3rd party software that can search the last year...
Assay office update: The researcher investigating this matter today confirmed receipt of the emailed photos (previously was automated receipt)....
I buy that theory, plus you had the rise in silver prices as the 70's advanced serving to encourage sales for scrapping. I do think the SC&L name...
Another search effort last night. Added Bing to the list of search engines, and made big effort looking for advertising in the early to mid 70's,...
Here are some more photos: For each tankard, a picture of the medallion with surrounding text, a picture of the text on the back side, and a...
I will add those by mid-week - I am working at home at the moment and don't have the actual items at hand. I've been doing more searches, and...
Just completed direct searches on Invaluable and Worthpoint, including non-specific object searches (i.e. leaving off "Tankard" and instead...
Just a quick update on the Assay Office. After the pictures of the hallmarks were emailed to them, I received an automated reply letting me know...
I received an initial response from the Sheffield Assay Office today: "I have had a search on our database but unable to find the sponsors mark...
Searching for SC&L advertising - hoping to find a picture/ad of the tankard. Nothing in years 1972, 73, 74, 75, 76. Nothing via keywords tankard,...
I have sent a request to the Sheffield Assay Office requesting verification of the SC&LCo maker mark in oval cartouche used on the 1973 and 1975...
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