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The main picture on their website shows a pile of fake gold bars...

9 carat gold. Foreign. AC will be the (unknown) maker/manufacturer.

...and the seller only gets 300 quid!

Any independent jeweller (one who actually makes jewellery) could do it easily, but if the silver is too thin you could end up with a hole in it! If you are wanting to re-engrave it (which again is a problem if it's thin), they can add a small silver plaque on top. Otherwise, if you were thinking of selling it, I'd leave it as it is.

Old English pattern, and a fine example. Can't make out if it's a tea spoon or a dessert spoon, how long is it?

The Peter and William Bateman mark also confirms it's 1809 as that mark was registered in 1805.

I think the makers mark might be Peter & William Bateman, it looks like the Lion Passant has overstruck the right hand side of it.

Yep, Barker Brothers.

@stefffana Lazy git 🤣

Hi, @Arganto the date letters for 1789 and 1809 are dificult to tell apart, but after looking through a few examples, I think it's 1809. The shape of the 1798 'o' is slightly more elongated than the 1809 'O'. Still, like @stefffana, I'm not 100% either! The leftmost mark is the wrong shape to be the leopards head (or any other assay mark) and I can make out what appears to be letters, so I reckon thats the makers mark (if it was the assay mark it would also be equidistant from the other marks, as the makers mark was stamped by the maker and the rest of the marks were stamped at the assay office so they sometimes don't line up well). The absence of an assay mark is a bit of a mystery tho. What pattern is the spoon (Fiddle, Old English)? That may help. Not just London, all silver was stamped with a duty mark (to pay for the war with America).

@Subspecies the date is definately 1894, you're looking at silver marks and these are gold marks. The date letter cartouche (the box that the letter is in) can be a different shape for gold. I think @sixgun could be right about the JH being John Hawley, it's the best match I can find as well (but I'm not 100% sure) and although he was from Coventry, his mark was registered at the London assay office.

After years of using different silver cleaners I've found Hagerty Silver Spray to be the least abrasive (Jewellers Rouge is the worst). Once everything is clean and shiny you can just wash them as normal in warm soapy water, rinse and dry thoroughly.

It's actually for holding a leg of meat for carving, you put the bone in the end and move the ring up to hold it firm.

Hi, I'd recommend the current Spink book, everything will be in there with current values. Just google 'Spink coins of England pre-decimal' and you'll find it - it's about £35.

The A.i will probably be A1, which means it's silver plated unfortunately.

He'll be waiting a feckin' long time at that price!

Found this beauty on fleabay, apparently a set of 13 'Elizabethan' Apostle spoons for $4500. To be fair I don't think he's dodgy, just ill informed. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266026785025?hash=item3df06e9901:g:~UIAAOSw~k1jjg3P&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoPKl16MS7PFDjug9mda7LUYOhq0p5qR2ntTw1sBU7DuiARsI1r9M4hI6NPa%2B%2BvXZg2QbiBnMpoqBM0R8TXngesBzyGELFlgV585aZxR%2FWG7rJuX7h1%2FWeflZCdjacvzvDoHB6L1jx%2BavhynPYWdCZp5%2FU%2FC8FdLRtTDnu%2BTMSapBdarXopcDJQwwa4Rdy5BwlMODHzurvFWGtiKNOP4kiKI%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5bUkajEYQ He starts by describing some other totally unrelated and very expensive spoons belonging to Henry VIII (which would be well over £150k). Reckons these spoons were made in the late 1800's when they have clear hallmarks for 1946. He's had some ludicrous appraisals and invites you to get your own. So I did. Hi, I've just got an appraisal from a silver expert in England, which may be useful to you; These spoons are a set of ornamental 'coffee' spoons vaguely styled after early English Apostle spoons, although this set bears no resemblence to any genuine Apostle spoons (wrong shape, wrong size and wrong contruct). These are very common in UK antique shops where they sell for around £200 - £250 Hallmarked for London 1946. Hope I don't offend him! Anyway, we'll see if he changes his listing.

We aren't making fun of you Harry, just the fact that numbers in a username aren't necessarily someones age! Personally, I wish I had had the foresight to start stacking when I was 13!

It's Israel Sigmund Greenberg. The other marks spell out EPNS, i.e. Electro Plated Nickel Silver.

@jackflash123 is doing well then...

Hi, both pieces should have hallmarks, can you see where they are/were on the other part? Unfortunately it's going to be impossible to identify a maker from the mark you've shown. Style wise it's Georgian (between 1770-1820 probably) but that's all I've got!

A quick Google found him right away. He's a modern Jeweller in barcelona - he's even on Facebook.

I think the watch is London 1923, although the date letter 'h' should be gothic style and it's hard to see in the photo of its gothic or plain. No idea who PW is but Wright and Craighead watches seem to come up regularly in auction (Christies and Bonhams), so it could be worth more as a watch. Edit: After having another look, it looks like the 'h' is plain not gothic so that would make it 1903.

Definitely 1922 😁

Hi, It's actually TD and ID, not TIDD, so it's no wonder you couldn't find anything. It's Thomas & Jabez Daniell.