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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1984081, member: 111"]Your marks pics are a bit fuzzy, but the damaged spoon might also be Newcastle, see the 'IC' mark (possibly James Crawford) here: <a href="https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Newcastle.html#I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Newcastle.html#I" rel="nofollow">https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Newcastle.html#I</a> This is the thread discussing that mark: <a href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54588" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54588" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54588</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 'I*N'/'N*I' mark is a puzzle, my first thought was perhaps Scottish Provincial, and though having just a single maker's mark alone is unusual, it's not unheard of - but it's not really an area of much knowledge or references for me. If it were a properly hallmarked British piece, the marks would have more likely have been top-marked as on the other two pieces, since the majority of, though certainly not all, bright-cut Old English spoons date later than 1781, when hallmarks started moving up from bottom-marking on the stem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a plain Scottish Provincial spoon bottom-marked with a single maker's mark: <a href="https://www.yorkminsterantiques.com/product-page/scottish-provincial-teaspoon-dundee-william-scott-c-1780" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yorkminsterantiques.com/product-page/scottish-provincial-teaspoon-dundee-william-scott-c-1780" rel="nofollow">https://www.yorkminsterantiques.com/product-page/scottish-provincial-teaspoon-dundee-william-scott-c-1780</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]247339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not much help, but pretty much all I've got on these two...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1984081, member: 111"]Your marks pics are a bit fuzzy, but the damaged spoon might also be Newcastle, see the 'IC' mark (possibly James Crawford) here: [URL]https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Newcastle.html#I[/URL] This is the thread discussing that mark: [URL]https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54588[/URL] The 'I*N'/'N*I' mark is a puzzle, my first thought was perhaps Scottish Provincial, and though having just a single maker's mark alone is unusual, it's not unheard of - but it's not really an area of much knowledge or references for me. If it were a properly hallmarked British piece, the marks would have more likely have been top-marked as on the other two pieces, since the majority of, though certainly not all, bright-cut Old English spoons date later than 1781, when hallmarks started moving up from bottom-marking on the stem. Here's a plain Scottish Provincial spoon bottom-marked with a single maker's mark: [URL]https://www.yorkminsterantiques.com/product-page/scottish-provincial-teaspoon-dundee-william-scott-c-1780[/URL] [ATTACH=full]247339[/ATTACH] Not much help, but pretty much all I've got on these two... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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