Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silver, post: 332010, member: 6202&quot;]Good Day All</p><p><br /></p><p>This Port decanter label was marked in Birmingham in 1896/7.&nbsp; (The date mark appears clearly in <a href="http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I have been unable to track down the maker/sponsor&#039;s mark.&nbsp; It appears to be V R R (with points between the letters), although the second letter could conceivably be a K or a B.&nbsp; Similarly, the last letter is indistinct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone identify this maker/sponsor?&nbsp; (if so, please also indicate where you tracked down the mark).</p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, I only discovered this evening that the <a href="http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk</a> site also lists the assay office marks and date letters.&nbsp; It does so in what seems to me to be a particularly useful way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you in advance for any information.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Silver&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]111142[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]111143[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]111144[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in