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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 137910, member: 59&quot;]Okie dokie! Thanks for working with those marks, Susan!</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it looks like the Newcastle towers - at least more than any of the other choices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here&#039;s the big question - which year is that S for?</p><p><br /></p><p>IF it were the 1857 &quot;S,&quot; (logical given the engraved dates on the outside) there <u>should</u> also be a Victoria head, which I don&#039;t see unless it&#039;s in the middle.</p><p><br /></p><p>IF the S is in a shield cartouche instead of a square, that MIGHT mean the cup was actually made MUCH earlier, even earlier than the &quot;monarch&#039;s head&quot; duty requirement.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t make that last image into any kind of monarch&#039;s head, no matter how hard I try. So it could be some sort of maker&#039;s mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest that [USER=2047]@Konan[/USER] try to gently clean the underside of the cup so we can get a better look at the marks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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