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hi I've just joined this site today and hope it's ok for me to start a thread straight away. I have been emptying my mothers house over the summer after she passed away in January and have come across a number of items that I'm not sure of their background. This is one of them. Does anybody own a similar item and are the initials the name of the company? Would be grateful of any help.

 

Welcome Ger......sorry to hear about Mum !
Those initials are personalized .....name of the owner...TCG perhaps..

 

are they? i thought they might be but wasn't sure if they were the company initials. Do you think its a T or an F?

 

F.

 

The design was registered in 1872. The I on the right-hand diamond point.

 

Would that date it to that period if I'm looking for family initals?

 

Very nice. FCG not a T, and I'd think made for someone with those initials. High end, high quality.

 

Thanks for the help. I know that my mothers maternal family were Griffiths so that would explain the G but a bit stuck with the other two letters. Any idea who the company would be?

 

Ya F is right...I missed that little blob on the t....ooooopsy..

 

The only way to be sure of the company is to make an enquiry of the Patent Office here. If that's your mother's family, they were decidely well to do in their day.

Start with this: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...ch/research-guides/diamond-marks-trade-marks/

 

No they really were not. My grandfather was a merchant seaman and I have a number of items from Asia that he brought back which I will post tomorrow. You think it would have been an expensive item at the time? Im guessing its a wedding gift maybe?

 

Tried looking at that site ownedbybear and got lost in it!!

 

that makes sense....

my folks got silver flatware with their initial , for their wedding.

 

Wedding gift is a good thought. I doubt it was cheap - I'm looking forward to seeing more of your things.

 

They are quite a mix really! Will post the chinese or japanese cups tomorrow and ask for your help again if thats ok

 

Do you know when your grandparents were married? Given the design date, I was thinking great-grandparents perhaps? Maybe even 2X greats.

 

True it could be great grandparents but the initals dont match. There are plenty of Catherines which would explain the C but cant think of any F. I thought it might be an R for a while which would make sense

 

Welcome to our group!

 

Thanks antidiem