Assistance on Cross of Lorraine Trade Silver hallmarks

[dognose]

I obtained these two Cross of Lorraine Trade Silver relics at the 2011 Collinsville CSASI show.

Tag reads: 1760's British Trade Silver Cross with the hallmark 'B.E.'

The other is made from coin silver, melted and rolled; hallmark 'C.B.'





I have googled this and cant find a definitive answer on the hallmarks, any ideas?

 

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[Muddyhandz]

No luck in the Montreal silversmith lists that have (although my buddy has "Covenant Chain" which more detailed) but did manage a possible match on both from W.H. Carter's N.A. Indian Trade Silver.

Both are from Nova Scotia:
Charles Oliver Bruff 1783-84
Benjamin Etter (Halifax) 1763 - 1827

It will take some time to go through my binders of photocopied articles but this maybe all I find.
Hopefully what you have is the real deal as most trade items being sold today are 99% fake or fantasy pieces.
I'll ask my buddy to look it up in his book.

 

[releventchair]

B.E. in rectangle may be Benjamin Elkin.English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification BC-BO
And from same source (listed in link below , though not claiming it is accurate...) C&B into a rectangle (Cocks & Bettridge [ B ] ) entered 1796
From English silver hallmarks: maker marks identification of British Silversmiths-BA-BZ

 

[dognose]

I saw the Benjamin Elkin and C&B when I was googling. I dont think those are a match.

 

[Hunter1805]

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