You spotted as well, that the configuration of marks was more consistent with a modern piece.
I made a typo. My book is 1990. It would be impossible to find an 1980 hallmark in an 1970 book.
My Bannister and Jacksons show something different. They must be out of date. (1970) I do not use the internet for British hallmarks, just...
I am seeing 1980 there. The bar on the f goes right through the centre. For 1735 the bar is just on the right hand side.
Been on holiday in Australia, via Hong Kong. Had a great time. Big family get together. Antiques very expensive there. Loved the "op...
The date is the day the design was registered not the date made. It protected the design copyright for a number of years. (I cannot remember how...
I once bought a 1950's silver marcasite brooch at an auction. The original box it was in was very tatty. It was cardboard with a cheap type padded...
The first one is easy enough to research. Buchan pottery Portobello, Scotland. Very prolific and a lot of it around. Have had a lot of it in my day.
It is not unusual to see a set of spoons with one larger than the other. In Scotland it would be called a masking spoon or mash spoon, to stir the...
Looks like a french mark. A bit like the town mark for La Rochelle. French marks can sometimes be very difficult to decipher if they are badly struck.
I like plain Georgian oak or arts and crafts
Is anything printed around the rim of the medallion? Strangley enough, here in France, people would assume it was an image of Marianne.
The heart shape is unusual.
We have a box full of older oriental stands to marry up with oriental vases or bowls. I think the D188 is the pattern no. It is up to thetaste...
Here in France we are awash with Longwy reproduction pottery, probably from the east.(I am not saying yours is repro) The oriental stand looks...
I wrote oa reply but was not logged in, so I do not know if it will appear. I am leaning towards Turkish. Sorry I can't post a pic. I have no...
I got a silver filigree brooch today, quite large. On the back is a plaque that says DH900. I have had jewellery in the past with the DH900 mark,...
I am old enough to remember indoor fireworks in the UK. A few years ago I got a boxful in a box lot in auction.I think they were from the 1930's....
Fairly recently we went on a long journey to visit a near relative. We took some stuff to a local saleroom after phoning it was OK to do so. It...
PS we also have a citizen quartz crystonic watch to give him. We don't know what he will make of that. It is so chunky. I remember my husbands...
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