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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 239113, member: 56"]I did find one photo with multiple strikes of the name:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72866[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I did find COAs for George II/III and William IV all of which had crowns that might be described as lobed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The COAs of those same Kings had an "escutcheon overall" which denoted their Hanoverian title. This could be that circle thing that's in the center of the "warrant" here. (lobed crown on that)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72867[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(I put warrant in quotes because I'm still not entirely convinced.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me very unlikely, but not completely inconceivable, that that crest is a "prestige" mark, and not a true warrant. I did once have a Victorian silverplate bowl that had "hall marks" that, so far as I could tell, were gibberish.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 239113, member: 56"]I did find one photo with multiple strikes of the name: [ATTACH=full]72866[/ATTACH] I did find COAs for George II/III and William IV all of which had crowns that might be described as lobed. The COAs of those same Kings had an "escutcheon overall" which denoted their Hanoverian title. This could be that circle thing that's in the center of the "warrant" here. (lobed crown on that) [ATTACH=full]72867[/ATTACH] (I put warrant in quotes because I'm still not entirely convinced.) It seems to me very unlikely, but not completely inconceivable, that that crest is a "prestige" mark, and not a true warrant. I did once have a Victorian silverplate bowl that had "hall marks" that, so far as I could tell, were gibberish. [ATTACH=full]72869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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