Who was London silversmith with mark WWBT c1900?
Simon
I can find on the net is references to London marked sterling silver
about 1900 by this maker but no name. Can anyone with a better set of
reference books find a name for this maker and ideally the period he
worked?
Thanks
Simon
Forest Duck
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There was a William Williams co. in late 1800's. The Bt throws me. Could it
be EP (electroplate)?
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Simon
Thanks for coming back.
I dropped in to my local library today and by chance they had a
reference book on UK silversmiths. From that I was able to discover
that the mark WWBT referred to Walter WALKER and Brownfield TOLHURST
who worked from 1885 until about 1908 when the firm became Johnson
WALKER and TOLHURST (mark JW&T).
The items I have are in fact electroplate (marked WWBT EP with no
hallmarks), so the firm made both sterling silver and good quality
electroplate.
Simon
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:57:16 -0500, "Forest Duck" <fork...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
GlassBobB
> Bob
>
> Thanks for coming back.
>
> I dropped in to my local library today and by chance they had a
> reference book on UK silversmiths. From that I was able to discover
> that the mark WWBT referred to Walter WALKER and Brownfield TOLHURST
> who worked from 1885 until about 1908 when the firm became Johnson
> WALKER and TOLHURST (mark JW&T).
>
> The items I have are in fact electroplate (marked WWBT EP with no
> hallmarks), so the firm made both sterling silver and good quality
> electroplate.
>
> Simon
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:57:16 -0500, "Forest Duck" <fork...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>"Simon" <vk2ua-...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:44d09d5c....@news.people.net.au...
>>>I have some English silver plated pieces with makers mark WWBT and all
>>> I can find on the net is references to London marked sterling silver
>>> about 1900 by this maker but no name. Can anyone with a better set of
>>> reference books find a name for this maker and ideally the period he
>>> worked?
>>> Thanks
>>> Simon
Now that we have our reference books out, how about finding me anything that
shows up for a silversmith whose initials CSH are on a Sterling "Bottle
Ticket" (small rectangular plate to hang around the neck of a decanter by a
chain) with hallmarks that suggest London 1898. The ticket is engraved
MADEIRA , purporting to come from a period 100 years earlier when the
English (& English colonies) consumed lots of Portugese wine. Unfortunately
it did a too convincing job of dressing up a Swedish-made ca.1812 decanter
that probably was made for Schnaps.
BobB
Simon
wrote:
>Now that we have our reference books out, how about finding me anything that
>shows up for a silversmith whose initials CSH are on a Sterling "Bottle
>Ticket" (small rectangular plate to hang around the neck of a decanter by a
>chain) with hallmarks that suggest London 1898. The ticket is engraved
>MADEIRA , purporting to come from a period 100 years earlier when the
>English (& English colonies) consumed lots of Portugese wine. Unfortunately
>it did a too convincing job of dressing up a Swedish-made ca.1812 decanter
>that probably was made for Schnaps.
>BobB
>
>
Bob
Not quite sure what you are asking, commenting or suggesting, but I
can look up CSH next time I visit my local library in a couple of
weeks or so - their books have good coverage of 1840 - 1930 UK makers
(The Antique Collectors Club volumes).
1898 hallmarks are OK for Madeira, since it, like Port, has been
available during my lifetime as an after dinner drink (essentially a
sweet version of Sherry). Havent looked for it in the shops recently,
but it is probably still around.
Simon