23-05-2017 11:36 AM - edited 23-05-2017 11:37 AM
23-05-2017 12:37 PM - edited 23-05-2017 12:38 PM
Sorry - the pic is not really big enough for me to do anything but guess. Pretty sure it is EP in that oval at the end - so electroplate - silver plate.Not convinced about the first initials - but then it appears to read "& Co". If you can work out the initials properly
http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarydecryptingsilverplatemarks.html
could help - pretty sure they would be UK marks.
If it is K - then maybe http://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilverKL.html
then maybe Kay & Co - the third mark looks somewhat similar. But Silverplate manufacturers seemed to change the shape of their marks very often.
Depending on size I would be guessing fish knife (if about 20-22 cms long) more likely butter knife (if about 15 - 16 cms long.) if you're thinking of value - very little on its own I would say.
on 23-05-2017 11:38 AM
on 23-05-2017 12:26 PM
23-05-2017 12:37 PM - edited 23-05-2017 12:38 PM
Sorry - the pic is not really big enough for me to do anything but guess. Pretty sure it is EP in that oval at the end - so electroplate - silver plate.Not convinced about the first initials - but then it appears to read "& Co". If you can work out the initials properly
http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarydecryptingsilverplatemarks.html
could help - pretty sure they would be UK marks.
If it is K - then maybe http://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilverKL.html
then maybe Kay & Co - the third mark looks somewhat similar. But Silverplate manufacturers seemed to change the shape of their marks very often.
Depending on size I would be guessing fish knife (if about 20-22 cms long) more likely butter knife (if about 15 - 16 cms long.) if you're thinking of value - very little on its own I would say.
on 23-05-2017 01:35 PM
on 29-05-2017 07:22 PM
Strictly speaking they are not hallmarks as they werent stamped at the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Hall. This is were the term hallmarks come from. They are simply makers stamps.