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Hallmark help please

(11 Posts)
Basire Wed 15-Jan-25 16:20:14

Thank you, everyone you have been most helpful

Greyduster Mon 13-Jan-25 13:39:11

If you live anywhere near an assay office you could ask them to have a look at it.

Greyduster Mon 13-Jan-25 13:38:11

I would agree with Flump. Thomas Ollivant registered his mark in 1789 and J.W. Botsford joined him in 1855. The only date letter k in that style earlier than 1925 is 1865. If it’s as early as that, lock it up somewhere😁!

flump Mon 13-Jan-25 13:13:11

I believe the last mark is a k which, next to the lion passant and both having a scalloped lower edge, would mean it was made in London in 1925.

Septimia Mon 13-Jan-25 12:44:21

The last letter looks like a lower case k.

petra Mon 13-Jan-25 12:08:26

If you take a screen shot of the pic you have posted here ( I just did) then use google images there are a lot of images very similar/ the same as yours.

Barleyfields Mon 13-Jan-25 11:59:01

huntvintage.co/blog/how-to-identify-silver-marks#:~:text=The%20date%20letter%20hallmark%20on,letter%20for%20Birmingham%20in%201774.

Ziplok Mon 13-Jan-25 11:57:17

Perhaps a local jewellers may be able to help?

Basire Mon 13-Jan-25 11:53:26

Thank you that is helpful. So that gets me I think to the makers and in the period 1900 to 1925 now I don’t know what the final mark is the one that looks like an h with a mark above it.

Barleyfields Mon 13-Jan-25 10:50:07

Try this:
www.marklittler.com/howtoreadahallmark/#:~:text=The%20mark%20that%20indicates%20sterling,left%2C%20was%20introduced%20in%201822.

Basire Mon 13-Jan-25 10:46:41

Good morning
I have an old family teapot which has this hallmark on it. I wondered if anyone here knows about hallmarks. Frankly, I haven’t a clue.
However, the first Mark I think is of Ollivant and Botsford as that name is imprinted at the base of the pot.
I would be very grateful for any help on this. Thank you.