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Title: hall marks no idea what they are
Post by: graham101007 on September 16, 2009, 05:43:44 AM

Hi there.

can anybody tell me what these hall marks are.  found on a silver bowl attached to a base with a crown and capital A engraved on its side

Title: Re: hall marks no idea what they are
Post by: regularjoe2 on September 16, 2009, 07:32:30 AM

No help from me , sorry .

Image is too dark for me to see all marks/details , graham101007 .

Title: Re: hall marks no idea what they are
Post by: ironlord1963 on September 16, 2009, 08:13:59 AM

Those are the marks of Elkington & Co.  That mark was used after 1900

Title: Re: hall marks no idea what they are
Post by: KC on September 16, 2009, 10:59:44 AM

Ironlord....you have come a long way!  :)

Title: Re: hall marks no idea what they are
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on September 16, 2009, 12:42:19 PM

This page will help you out a lot, you can look up British silver hallmarks here.
http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilvermarksXE.html (http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilvermarksXE.html)

Title: Re: hall marks no idea what they are
Post by: rrdd123 on September 22, 2009, 01:56:10 AM

hI

This is silver plate not stirling silver. Go to this site to check out the marks.

http://www.silvercollection.it/Elkington.html

Roger