Tiny Silver pen knife with hallmarks found today!

[jimmy uk]

found this little beauty today shame the knife has rusted away. found this on new pasture land hope u like it

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Hey that's sweet mate!
The Lion is London, is it not?
What is the date for the letter "h"?

 

[SGVALLEYMAN]

very cool find !!

 

[Mackaydon]

M&W= Mappin and Webb; London, yes.
Some history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mappin_and_Webb
The "h" date mark appears to be 1863. (http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilverhallmarks.html)

 

[jimmy uk]

sorry its mappin&webb dated 1900

 

[shaun7]

I've done work in there! I bet that would have been an expensive pen knife

 

[hammered]

The London date mark for 1900 is "e", the closest I can see in my book " The Assay Offices of Great Britain" is, as Mac said, a lower case "gothic" h which is 1863. Nice find tho' .


hammered

 

[pepperj]

Nice going on the silver knife. Would it had been silver on both sides?

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice find, I think that is the first silver penknife I have seen found. HH, Mike

 

[Nightowl 280]

Crown lion h is Sheffield mark from 1900 , which matchs up to the maker time frame and local of the maker .

Mappin and Webb is a company originally founded in Sheffield, England. The company is a noted firm of Silversmiths and formerly cutlery manufactures with roots back to 1774 when Joseph Mappin (snr) founded the firm. The company is now a retail jeweller, and Royal Warrant holder.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives....ngcouncil.gov.uk/publications/hallmarks2.pdf/
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similar h was used for 1882 but in a oval , the london 1823 mark is in shield .

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Be cool to see if they would fix the knife .

 

[Mr Tuff]

nice find!!!! that is a sweet knife!! MR TUFF

 

[CRUSADER]

Crown lion h is Sheffield mark from 1900 , which matchs up to the maker time frame and local of the maker .

Mappin and Webb is a company originally founded in Sheffield, England. The company is a noted firm of Silversmiths and formerly cutlery manufactures with roots back to 1774 when Joseph Mappin (snr) founded the firm. The company is now a retail jeweller, and Royal Warrant holder.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives....ngcouncil.gov.uk/publications/hallmarks2.pdf/
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similar h was used for 1882 but in a oval , the london 1823 mark is in shield .

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Be cool to see if they would fix the knife .

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Like it? I Love it!
Great find.

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose...a history of hallmarks....nifty find youz!

 

[{Sentinel}]

A beautiful piece. You hardly ever see silver knives with the silver stamps so prominently displayed. Awesome Find

 

[spitfire55]