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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 600280, member: 2844"]Nice find, spart.</p><p>The makers I found were either in other cities, or there is no evidence they manufactured during that period.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> Some could have worked during that period, and some could have had items marked in another town.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just in case you want to check, here are lists. Silver makers often made gold jewellery as well.</p><p>This one is for Birmingham:</p><p><a href="https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-WL-WR.html#WM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-WL-WR.html#WM" rel="nofollow">https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-WL-WR.html#WM</a></p><p>These are British WM maker's marks:</p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilvermarksXWTRE2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilvermarksXWTRE2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilvermarksXWTRE2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 600280, member: 2844"]Nice find, spart. The makers I found were either in other cities, or there is no evidence they manufactured during that period.:( Some could have worked during that period, and some could have had items marked in another town. Just in case you want to check, here are lists. Silver makers often made gold jewellery as well. This one is for Birmingham: [URL]https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-WL-WR.html#WM[/URL] These are British WM maker's marks: [URL]http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilvermarksXWTRE2.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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