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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4486716, member: 59"]Some notes for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>1, Notice the details of the date letter - the one on your bowl leans to the right, whereas the 1867 one you picked first, does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>2, Notice the appearance of a "duty mark" in the 1867 online list, but not on your bowl. That's Victoria. There are others for George III and IV. But not having one at all may mean that your piece is either before 1785 or after 1901 when Victoria died. 925-1000 does have a section on duty marks to use as comparison and gives the dates when each was in use. Here's a link <a href="https://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html</a>. FYI - sometimes pieces don't get duty marked because the tax wasn't paid. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4486716, member: 59"]Some notes for you. 1, Notice the details of the date letter - the one on your bowl leans to the right, whereas the 1867 one you picked first, does not. 2, Notice the appearance of a "duty mark" in the 1867 online list, but not on your bowl. That's Victoria. There are others for George III and IV. But not having one at all may mean that your piece is either before 1785 or after 1901 when Victoria died. 925-1000 does have a section on duty marks to use as comparison and gives the dates when each was in use. Here's a link [URL]https://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html[/URL]. FYI - sometimes pieces don't get duty marked because the tax wasn't paid. ;)[/QUOTE]
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