Posted 1 year ago
Carol777
(23 items)
Hi community, from a rainy New Zealand!
Trying to unravel the unusual markings on this vintage (looks like Georgian, William Parkin, Sheffield) Caddy Spoon.
Can't find anything similar - appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Cheers, Carol
Unfortunately those are not English marks that I’ve seen before.
Hi, Carol777. :-)
I love spoon-style caddies.
I did find one similar caddy that's described as being of George III period and made by William Parkin of Sheffield:
https://antiqueforager.com/products/an-early-19th-century-george-iii-silver-plated-caddy-spoon-by-william-parkin-of-sheffield-9-5cm-long
Unfortunately, it doesn't have all of the same hallmarks as yours does.
Also unfortunately, the vendor doesn't explain their thinking. That is, they don't decode all of those hallmarks.
One hallmark that both caddies have is what looks to me like a Fleur Di Lys, which I find a bit curious, considering that the FDL is pretty classically French.
The only British maker I could find that uses a similar hallmark is William Page of Birmingham:
https://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilvernoptre.html
Sorry, I do find that combination of hallmarks confusing. :-(
Sorry for not responding sooner - I didn't seem to receive an email of comments!
Thank you for your thoughts, appreciate it. They are very unusual aren't they, I don't even know how to describe them. My inlaws were Swedish, so I wonder if they come from that side of the family - I will look into your links and do that too. Cheers, Carol
Ah, mystery solved thanks to a great site called Pseudo Hallmarks, where a couple of the marks were to be found -
https://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarysilverplatepseudohallmarks.html
Apparently a common practice in theVictorian era - confusing for collectors!
Thanks again.
Carol777, Aha!
I was previously familiar with the silvercollection dot it site, but not that page with the information about pseudo hallmarks. Very informative. Thanks for marking your post "MYSTERY SOLVED." :-)
Oh, and thanks for the link to the pseudo hallmark page. :-)