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Message:: [QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 9822849, member: 88"]I actually stumbled on it myself. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Click on "quick maker's marks". I entered Birmingham (anchor mark) in the "assay town". I entered 1884 (k mark) in the "date". As far as the "mark initials" the only thing I could make out was an "L" & an "S" but I knew there was more preceding the "L". However, the maker's marks are listed by the first letters in the mark so I was going to have to go letter by letter. I was about to give up, list it using the information I had & hope for the best. I decided to see what the quick maker's mark was about & it took me a few tries but when I entered "%ls" with the above information the 3 listings for David & Lionel Spiers came up immediately. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> It is like when eBay would let you search with an "*" if you could not make out the whole mark. i.e. temp* for temp-tations dishes so you would get all of the results for listings that included the "-" or left it out.[/QUOTE]