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Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 14:36
| Wondering if someone knows what/how to decipher this mark. Have checked 'A', 'DC', and 'ADC' to no avail. Hoping the rest of the marks may give up more clues.
The piece is a tiny spoon, 3-3/4", with a cut-out thistle decoration on top. These markings are on the outer edge face of the bowl, not where one usually finds these markings.
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| I believe it's Edinboro sterling.... The marks are not very clear....but I think the date letter is a Q....making it 1872-3. Look thoroughly at the site below and see what you think. Linda C |
Here is a link that might be useful: Scottish silver
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| I'd love to believe it's that old :) Here's a couple more pics. The date letter Q looks right, but I can't make out any of the other marks. Believe you told me once that it should state "sterling" or "925" if it's indeed sterling, see I really do listen to you, but try as hard as I might just don't see either of these. Guess the spoon looks different enough that it piqued my curiosity. Thanks for the quick response.
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| "Believe you told me once that it should state "sterling" or "925" if it's indeed sterling, " Except for British marks.....they march to a different drummer. I can't find the maker....the AC DC mark....but the next is Queen Victoria's head....shown between 1838 and 1890, Then the thistle and lastly the date letter Q showing plainly to my eye....1872-3. Yeah...it's that old....and lovely!! |
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- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 19:25
| I don't have anything helpful to add but I question the Edinburgh attribution. Every place I've checked has the Queen's head & the Q in oval cartouches rather than clipped squares. Also, the middle cartouche is the correct shape but the castle doesn't match the Edinburgh one to my eye nor do I see a thistle stamp. |
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| Will small pieces the full compliment of stamps often is not present. I want it to be Edinburgh because of the thistle.....and if you squint your eyes just so you can make out the proper castle...:-) Could be Newcastle? I haven't searched those marks... |
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- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 17:00
| Linda, Can you confirm that the mark is actually a Queen's head? We should be seeing the left side of her profile but no matter how I look at it, I just don't see it but IRL, it may be clearer. |
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Tried to enlarge it, but this is the best I can do.  |
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| I can't "confirm" a thing.... I have clicked back and forth several times with pictures of the marks and the I.D. site....and it can't possibly be a monarch's head.....the cartouche is wrong. Could the spoon be after 1890 when the monarch's head was no longer included? |
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