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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 593155, member: 111&quot;]Don - a decent shot of the marks would probably give you the dating...&nbsp; From what I can see, that is the mark of John Fraser aka John Fraser Silvercraft of Inverness, could date from the &#039;30s-40s into the &#039;90s:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/scottishsilversmithsinverness.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/scottishsilversmithsinverness.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/scottishsilversmithsinverness.html</a>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Fraser piece from 1972:&nbsp; <a href="https://picclick.co.uk/Vintage-Solid-Silver-Scottish-Luckenbooth-Brooch-John-Fraser-163552680211.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picclick.co.uk/Vintage-Solid-Silver-Scottish-Luckenbooth-Brooch-John-Fraser-163552680211.html" rel="nofollow">https://picclick.co.uk/Vintage-Solid-Silver-Scottish-Luckenbooth-Brooch-John-Fraser-163552680211.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Used to be up on Iona silver since I&#039;ve had quite a few pieces over the yeqrs and still have a few Iona-style Viking ship spoons in my collection, but the memory just isn&#039;t what it used to be.&nbsp; Not sure you can assume that is the original box for the brooch, and can&#039;t seem to find a connection between John Fraser and HHI or Celtic Art silver - here is a page that shows their marks (there are also pages on the site with other marks), and also shows a box similar to yours:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.alexander-ritchie.co.uk/marks.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.alexander-ritchie.co.uk/marks.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.alexander-ritchie.co.uk/marks.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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