I'm trying to identify the Hallmark on this Silver powder compact - particularly the year.
I've got Turner & Simpson for the maker; Birmingham Assay + the British Lion but the year letter is defeating me - G or O
Answers on a postcard, please
I'm trying to identify the Hallmark on this Silver powder compact - particularly the year.
I've got Turner & Simpson for the maker; Birmingham Assay + the British Lion but the year letter is defeating me - G or O
Answers on a postcard, please
lookslike an O to me
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I think the maker is Turner & Simpson and the mark is Birmingham but I can't make out the date letter clearly enough from the photo.
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The boxed areas of the symbols, to me, are shield shaped - placing it in the early 1900's?
hence I arrive at.....
1913 (O)
and on a slightly bigger postcard:
Turner and Simpson as per Grace's Guide:
of Legge Lane, Birmingham. Telephone: Central: 5857. Cables: "Teeandess, Birmingham." (1929)
of 12-16 Legge Lane, Birmingham, 1. Telephone: Birmingham Central 5857-8. Cables: Ditto (1947)
1929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Medallists, Silversmiths, Enamellers. Manufacturers of good class Silver Ware in Enamel. Plain Silver and Engine-turned Silver-Toilet Articles, Cigarette Cases, Boxes, Clocks, Candlesticks, Vases, Manicures, etc. Birmingham Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association. (Stand Nos. J.43 and J.54) [1]
1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Medals, Badges, Silver Goods, Gold and Silver Cigarette Cases, Powder Compacts, Cuff Links, Enamelled Spoons, Challenge Cups and Shields, Metal Jewellery, Souvenir Goods, Hot Brass Stampings and Piercings, Metal Smallwares. (Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. E.1707) [2]
And I've just been sent this:
Now I'm confused!
Yes indeed! lol!
But.... if....
"As my grandparents were married in October 1912, I've often wondered if this was a wedding present to my grandmother."
then it would not be the fatter O for 1938? It looks to be the slimmer O to me. A sharper focussed image would be such a help! lol!
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