JF (James Fenton) almost certainly. It fits with the date and his company was a prolific maker of such pieces as this souvenir spoon.
The picture is none too clear but I believe that the hallmark has the wrong "h" for 1863 and that it was correctly identified as 1903 and J.V as...
Yes, it's electroplated. The 4 separate letters are EPGS - electroplated German silver (German silver being an old name for the base metal alloy...
The S&Co mark looks very much like the Birmingham-registered sponsor's mark of Sydney & Co. However without a Birmingham hallmark it is not...
Crowned leopard's head of this design and date letter "a" are for London 1736/37. The "I" is a partial maker's mark - could for either first name...
Published date letter charts are for silver. Punch shapes for gold are different, being mainly square with cut corners, but with some exceptions...
The second one (William Hutton & Sons) is electroplated. The first is probably a proprietary base metal alloy. AP&Co here is Ainsworth, Pembroke &...
This is not a sponsor's mark which I have seen before. Unfortunately there are no published references for most 20th century sponsors' marks so it...
Your swan is not solid silver. It is constructed with a resin basin and a skin of silver. This is shown by the letter R in a square which stands...
The date letter "b" is 1817. ID is probably John Douglas. Phil
IANTHE - made by Ian Heath Ltd of Birmingham (according to my internet research). Phil
It's GRC&Co for G R Collis & Co of Birmingham and London and, as Bakersgma has identified, plated. A history of the company can be found here. Phil
The date letter on the Birmingham mug is "l" for 1885. T.W is difficult to attribute as there are no comprehensive references for Birmingham...
This is 1893 and Charles Harris. However it's not because of a lack of duty mark as duty on watch cases was removed in 1798. This form of hallmark...
There is a potentially useful list of French silversmiths' marks here.
They do occasionally come with motifs of some sort at the bowl end. This version of Wakely & Wheeler's mark is quite distinctive in shape so I was...
The London hallmark on the tongs have the date letter Q for the assay year 1891/92 and the makers mark, JW over FCW, of Wakely & Wheeler (James...
Almost completely correct. The date letter E is, strictly speaking, 1800/01 as the London assay year started at the end of May so the spoons may...
They are Hanau marks. See here where the 3 marks are shown in the "Unattributed" section and here where they are shown under Gebruder Dingeldein....
Yes, it's Henry Holland.
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