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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 4491498, member: 1476"]Not very helpful but according to the BSI web site... The name British Standards Institution was adopted in 1931. Their symbol is called the Kitemark.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia.org:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="3">"For the next few decades, the use of Kitemark was largely limited to technical and engineering applications up until the 1950s when the boom in consumer products led to increased concern about product safety. By the 1960s the Kitemark was being used to identify safe products in areas such as nightwear, domestic furniture, pressure cookers and motorcycle helmets."</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>This could mean that your piece is post-World War II.</p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 4491498, member: 1476"]Not very helpful but according to the BSI web site... The name British Standards Institution was adopted in 1931. Their symbol is called the Kitemark. From Wikipedia.org: [I][SIZE=3]"For the next few decades, the use of Kitemark was largely limited to technical and engineering applications up until the 1950s when the boom in consumer products led to increased concern about product safety. By the 1960s the Kitemark was being used to identify safe products in areas such as nightwear, domestic furniture, pressure cookers and motorcycle helmets."[/SIZE][/I] This could mean that your piece is post-World War II. Debora[/QUOTE]
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