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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 1667106, member: 59"]The letter C was used in both 1798 and 1818 (during George III's reign.) The 1818 C had a bulbous end to the top with a thinner line at the bottom, but the 1798 is even more different than this one (Blame it on the wear.) Both dates had a crowned leopard (check) and a George III facing right (check) although illustrations and examples of his head show a little bump at the nape of his neck for the "pigtail" on his wig and it's not there.</p><p><br /></p><p>So you have a maker's mark somewhere?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 1667106, member: 59"]The letter C was used in both 1798 and 1818 (during George III's reign.) The 1818 C had a bulbous end to the top with a thinner line at the bottom, but the 1798 is even more different than this one (Blame it on the wear.) Both dates had a crowned leopard (check) and a George III facing right (check) although illustrations and examples of his head show a little bump at the nape of his neck for the "pigtail" on his wig and it's not there. So you have a maker's mark somewhere?[/QUOTE]
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