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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 137849, member: 44"]Finally, the hallmarks on the cup! They are hard to read. The lion is the British purity mark for Sterling.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]36064[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To the left of the lion passant **may** be the 3 Turrets/Towers for possibly Newcastle????</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]36065[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The punch to the right of the lion is badly rubbed. It could be a date letter such as a "S," but that is pure speculation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]36066[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The punch on the opposite side of the lion could be about anything to these old eyes from a church bell to a Dutch maiden carrying buckets on her shoulders like on a yoke contraption, but not a man mowing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Ya'll do have to give me credit on a vivid imagination! Those marks are all facing outward.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]36067[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If there is a mark in the middle, I can't make it out. Now that I was brave enough to voice my imagination, I want to see what others can conjure up!</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 137849, member: 44"]Finally, the hallmarks on the cup! They are hard to read. The lion is the British purity mark for Sterling. [ATTACH=full]36064[/ATTACH] To the left of the lion passant **may** be the 3 Turrets/Towers for possibly Newcastle???? [ATTACH=full]36065[/ATTACH] The punch to the right of the lion is badly rubbed. It could be a date letter such as a "S," but that is pure speculation. [ATTACH=full]36066[/ATTACH] The punch on the opposite side of the lion could be about anything to these old eyes from a church bell to a Dutch maiden carrying buckets on her shoulders like on a yoke contraption, but not a man mowing. :hilarious::hilarious: Ya'll do have to give me credit on a vivid imagination! Those marks are all facing outward. [ATTACH=full]36067[/ATTACH] If there is a mark in the middle, I can't make it out. Now that I was brave enough to voice my imagination, I want to see what others can conjure up! --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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