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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 2762256, member: 59"]The description does appear to be generally accurate, although whether International Silver (the parent company beginning 1898) sold the trademark and assets or simply shut the operation down in the mid-30s I have found nothing about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a hallmark but simply the maker's mark for Forbes. As noted in the Worthpoint file, this is silver plate not solid silver. The earliest Forbes marks (from the early 1890's when it was part of Meriden Britannia of Connecticut.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not a Worthpoint user, sorry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 2762256, member: 59"]The description does appear to be generally accurate, although whether International Silver (the parent company beginning 1898) sold the trademark and assets or simply shut the operation down in the mid-30s I have found nothing about. Not a hallmark but simply the maker's mark for Forbes. As noted in the Worthpoint file, this is silver plate not solid silver. The earliest Forbes marks (from the early 1890's when it was part of Meriden Britannia of Connecticut. I'm not a Worthpoint user, sorry.[/QUOTE]
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