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Got this little guy of fbmp a year or two ago. Since there was no city code it was going to take a bit extra work to ID. As such I didn’t get around to it right away. Was just sitting and my gaze settled on it and I finally got to digging. I didn’t realize it was as old as it possibly is. The duty mark appears to be either George III or George IV. Looks more like George III with possible 1816 London date code? Makers mark looks like ID maybe? The two documented makers with those initials at that time (at least on 925-1000 site) had a • between initials. Mine doesn’t seem to. Would love some help figuring this one out.

 

it's a little cutie......

 

Nice piece,can you make those pics a tad bigger ?

 

You seem to have read that date letter table incorrectly. It's 1797 London,.

http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/London/Date Letters B.html

Note that the table on 925-1000 has the date to the left of the letter, not to the right.

http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/London/Date Letters B.html

 

And may I also recommend that you save the link to silvermakersmarks for future research.

http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/index.htm

 

The date letter "b" is 1817. ID is probably John Douglas.

Phil

 

What, please, does that mean?

 

" off , Facebook marketplace "

keep up , will ya !!

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Ah, The picture did not show the letter well. I read as a B and not lower case.

 

MA! He's picking' on me...!

 

Thanks!

 

My B! When you post at 3am as you’re falling asleep more than just forgetting to enlarge the photos happens. I mistook 1817 for 1816 and see at least one spelling error. Oddly sometime when I go to edit my posts the edit option isn’t present. I’m clearly signed in but no edit option available in this post for me. I don’t get that.

 

Turns out I did read it incorrectly, just in a different way! I’ll save that link. Thanks

the “b” is scuffed in addition to it being at the edge of my loupe. Little hard to see clearly when you combine those factors and poor lighting.

 

The Edit link disappears after a period of time. I'm not sure how many hours, though.

 

Ops I beleive can edit for us after our times run out.

 

Mods do not edit unless there is a violation.......

I think 2 hrs is the limit....but I may be in error...

 

I think yr right abt the 2 hr limit.

 

I had no idea there was an expiration. Every once in a while I go to correct something and can’t. I always wondered why but never tried out the trusty addition of 2+2.