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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 31398, member: 59&quot;]Nor sure whether you&#039;ve seen this page of information on Lownes.&nbsp; It has additional alternate marks that may give you an idea of what some of those &quot;wispy words&quot; might be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scroll way down into the display of his wares and you&#039;ll see a tankard very much like yours (except that it has a lid.) Note the date of 1810 on the tankard.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/125581.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/125581.htm" rel="nofollow">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/125581.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The sterling standard was not much used during that period in the US with the notable exception of Baltimore. More than likely coin silver (unless one of those wispy words says something else.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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