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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 93501, member: 111&quot;]Hesitate to respond to any post with fuzzy, incomplete pics of marks and no image of the item itself, but will say that from what can be seen, it does look like a lion passant, London 1826/27 hallmarks - pics of the item can help in identification, the maker&#039;s mark can confirm a date by their working dates and is often relevant since many specialized in certain types of items.&nbsp; Not where I can run through any references (light on British anyway), but seemed to recall that date marks from a given year differed in cartouche shape on gold and silver. Thought gold watch cases might be a good place to find that elusive &#039;sun&#039; mark - no luck (though I have seen it on 1904-05 import items), but did find the page linked below, noting that the &#039;sun&#039; mark, used on 22ct gold to distinguish it from gilt silver, was stamped in <i>addition</i> to the lion passant from 1816 to 1844, when the mark was switched to the same crown and numeric carat mark as used on 18ct.</p><p><br /></p><p>See next to last paragraph under &#039;Standard Marks&#039;: <a href="http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/britishhallmarks.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/britishhallmarks.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/britishhallmarks.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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