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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 250453, member: 59&quot;]Yes that C in shield (with the London city mark - Uncrowned leopard - and Sovereign Head for Queen Victoria) does make this 1878. See that date table for London in this link</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/dlc_london.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/dlc_london.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/dlc_london.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The RH was registered by Robert Hutton of William Hutton and Sons in 1875, with registration until 1889 - as shown in the page cxgirl posted in #2 above. No problem there - timeframe matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for finding it odd to have the full marks set in such a visible place - British owners of such things really liked having the marks out there for all their guests to see. Showed their wealth!</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding additional/repeated marks (like the RH by itself on the underside) is not a big deal either. Sometimes extra marks are evidence of what AF and OBB refer to as &quot;clobbering.&quot; Meaning that an older piece was reworked at a later date, but I doubt that is the case here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very nice piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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