Rediscovered English Sterling

[tamrock]

I was putting away a recent find in a box and thought I'd pull out a few of my thrifty finds to review. I came across this beauty. I can not recall when, where and how much I gave for it, but I'm pretty sure it would've have been much. I cleaned it up some and really noticed how beautiful and well made a piece of English sterling it is. It's a Christaning cup I believe and is hallmarked for London, dated 1901. The maker is Martin Hall & Co. with the mark they used after 1880. It has a nice weight of 179 grams.

 

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[Red-Coat]

Very nice Tamrock. Christening mug it is, and you’re probably looking at a couple of hundred dollars there.

It’s not from 1901 though. The hallmarks are for 1881 London assay. Note that a 1901 date letter would be lower case ‘f’ and in a different cartouche. Also, 1901 silver wouldn’t have a duty mark (Victoria’s head).

You have the maker correct but note that it should be written with an apostrophe after ‘Martin’ as: “Martin, Hall & Co.” since the partnership was Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall (the RM over EH mark in a lozenge was registered January 1880). That’s a Sheffield maker, despite the London hallmark. Not unusual, especially for makers that also had a showroom in London.

 

[tamrock]

Very nice Tamrock. Christening mug it is, and you’re probably looking at a couple of hundred dollars there.

It’s not from 1901 though. The hallmarks are for 1881 London assay. Note that a 1901 date letter would be lower case ‘f’ and in a different cartouche. Also, 1901 silver wouldn’t have a duty mark (Victoria’s head).

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You have the maker correct but note that it should be written with an apostrophe after ‘Martin’ as: “Martin, Hall & Co.” since the partnership was Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall (the RM over EH mark in a lozenge was registered January 1880). That’s a Sheffield maker, despite the London hallmark. Not unusual, especially for makers that also had a showroom in London.

Thank you, Milord. Seems I found the corresponding date mark, but looked down the wrong colum.