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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 84999, member: 111&quot;]Not sure I understand any significance in the differing stamps, have little doubt that all were done at the factory, and the numerals appear to be in the same type-face (note the chubby little &#039;5&#039;).&nbsp; The Wallace trademark and the &#039;sterling&#039; mark were clearly on the same stub, in addition to the identical spacing of the two, one shaker also shows those marks with slight chattering, indicating they were struck at the same time - may have been stamped with a fly-press, but more likely done by hand.&nbsp; The alpha-numeric punches used for production codes could be stamped individually or clamped in a holder to keep them in line, doubtful that a special &#039;85&#039; stub would have been cut - and wouldn&#039;t have been at all efficient to take the time to place the series of numbers in a holder when they were only going to be struck once on each part, easier to just tap each numeral as needed...</p><p><br /></p><p>Bev - interesting that the Christmas Tree shop was selling the little cone-top sterling shakers so recently - my first set of those shakers was purchased at a flea market about 40 years ago (still have them), and the ad below is from 1941.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21606[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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