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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 601392, member: 5833"]No, I'm afraid it's no help for dating. They had a system of date letters, & the national mark changed from a cat to a lotus blossom in 1946, but the fineness mark is the only one applied to every piece; many pieces do not have either of the other two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an 800 mark on the left & a post-1940 date letter on the right:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]178065[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 601392, member: 5833"]No, I'm afraid it's no help for dating. They had a system of date letters, & the national mark changed from a cat to a lotus blossom in 1946, but the fineness mark is the only one applied to every piece; many pieces do not have either of the other two. Here's an 800 mark on the left & a post-1940 date letter on the right: [ATTACH=full]178065[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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