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Title: silver tea set
Post by: sevans24u on December 21, 2004, 08:40:57 PM

:blink: I have a silver tea pot, coffee pot, cream and sugar bowls.  They have the marking of GH, lion, crest, Queen Victoria.  It is a rose pattern carved on the sides.  There is Ivory set into the handles.  Can anyone help me to identify this, and give me an approximate age value?

Thanks

sevans24u@bellsouth.net

Title: silver tea set
Post by: kerrybee on December 23, 2004, 01:57:55 AM

Not much help perhaps, but a direction:  British

http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html (http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html)

this site is a primer, and an excellent site to start from:  first, tho' I would go to a jeweler to determine if sterling, or plate, or that particular British plate called Sheffield.  

I'm a web researcher, primarily in pottery/porcelain, tho' I love all the great old household items - but NOT qualified to appraise - sounds like you have clear impressions of the marks

Best wishes, and if there's something further I can help you research, please re-post.    KB