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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9580679, member: 111"]This is not a Puiforcat mark, French silver marks would be in a lozenge (diamond) cartouche from 1798 on and would also bear proper French hallmarks. This fruit/dessert knife in the classic 'Albert' pattern, as already said, is English silverplate, pseudo-marks of a currently unidentified manufacturer, dating mid to late 19th century (the 'crown' not used after 1897)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>'EP' as a maker's mark can be found on silver from many countries, but this piece bears typical English electroplate marks, and there are <i>numerous</i> French silver maker's marks bearing the initials 'EP', again, if silver, they will also bear hallmarks and from 1798, be in a lozenge.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure I see how the beaver mark can be facing the 'wrong' direction if the manufacturer has not been identified, and there are a lot of English silverplate marks without identification or firm attributions, including this one as silvermakersmarks said:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9580679, member: 111"]This is not a Puiforcat mark, French silver marks would be in a lozenge (diamond) cartouche from 1798 on and would also bear proper French hallmarks. This fruit/dessert knife in the classic 'Albert' pattern, as already said, is English silverplate, pseudo-marks of a currently unidentified manufacturer, dating mid to late 19th century (the 'crown' not used after 1897) 'EP' as a maker's mark can be found on silver from many countries, but this piece bears typical English electroplate marks, and there are [I]numerous[/I] French silver maker's marks bearing the initials 'EP', again, if silver, they will also bear hallmarks and from 1798, be in a lozenge. Not sure I see how the beaver mark can be facing the 'wrong' direction if the manufacturer has not been identified, and there are a lot of English silverplate marks without identification or firm attributions, including this one as silvermakersmarks said: ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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