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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 344957, member: 59"]I was trying to hold off, but you are right, SiS.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Minerva helmet on the side and the lion on the bottom are the keys. The WL mark is for a Dutch maker, therefore. The little letter in its own punch can be checked against the date mark table in the link I provided - but it will be in the 1800's, not the date that Kurtzeek gave. EDIT - Letter may be the n for 1872.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's always important to check out everything punched into a piece, before deciding on the country of origin. Yes, William Coffin Little (US) used a WL mark, but that would be the only mark on the item, the other marks have no place in the US scheme of things.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, by the way, I suspect it is more likely to be a tea caddy than a trinket box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 344957, member: 59"]I was trying to hold off, but you are right, SiS. [URL]http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html[/URL] The Minerva helmet on the side and the lion on the bottom are the keys. The WL mark is for a Dutch maker, therefore. The little letter in its own punch can be checked against the date mark table in the link I provided - but it will be in the 1800's, not the date that Kurtzeek gave. EDIT - Letter may be the n for 1872. It's always important to check out everything punched into a piece, before deciding on the country of origin. Yes, William Coffin Little (US) used a WL mark, but that would be the only mark on the item, the other marks have no place in the US scheme of things. And, by the way, I suspect it is more likely to be a tea caddy than a trinket box.[/QUOTE]
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