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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 315455, member: 360&quot;]A proper set of English hallmarks is a series of four (or five, depending on age) little stamps hammered into the silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>A Lion (Sterling silver)</p><p>A Leopard&#039;s Head (for London, indicating office of assay. Most Mordan stuff was marked in London)</p><p>A maker&#039;s mark (S.M., or SM&amp;Co, for Sampson Mordan /&amp;Co, depending on age). </p><p>A letter (date-letter). </p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s REALLY old (pre1890), then it may also have a monarch&#039;s head, indicating silver tax.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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