Tiny Silver pen knife with hallmarks found today!

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

sorry its mappin&webb dated 1900 ;D
 

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

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' :icon_thumleft:.


hammered
 

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

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

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 .
 

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

Nightowl 280 said:
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 .
:icon_thumright:
 

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

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