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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4424608, member: 111"]Hi, your marks look odd because they're quite modern - since 1998 the date letter has been optional, and quality can be indicated by either the lion-passant or the millesimal fineness as on your piece. Below is the same piece by the same maker (mark form can vary over time) with 1986 hallmarks - no idea who the maker was/is, not sure it's of great importance if selling, but the Birmingham Assay Office may be able to tell you, though it might take a while...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/203805096149?hash=item2f73baf8d5:g:BWkAAOSwVe1hi1G4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/203805096149?hash=item2f73baf8d5:g:BWkAAOSwVe1hi1G4" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/203805096149?hash=item2f73baf8d5:g:BWkAAOSwVe1hi1G4</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://theassayoffice.com/anatomy-of-a-hallmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://theassayoffice.com/anatomy-of-a-hallmark" rel="nofollow">https://theassayoffice.com/anatomy-of-a-hallmark</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4424608, member: 111"]Hi, your marks look odd because they're quite modern - since 1998 the date letter has been optional, and quality can be indicated by either the lion-passant or the millesimal fineness as on your piece. Below is the same piece by the same maker (mark form can vary over time) with 1986 hallmarks - no idea who the maker was/is, not sure it's of great importance if selling, but the Birmingham Assay Office may be able to tell you, though it might take a while... [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/203805096149?hash=item2f73baf8d5:g:BWkAAOSwVe1hi1G4[/URL] [ATTACH=full]378044[/ATTACH] [URL]https://theassayoffice.com/anatomy-of-a-hallmark[/URL] [ATTACH=full]378046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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