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Burwoodhall
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Burwoodhall got a reaction from LawrenceChard in Is this c1700 Britannia Lions Head Erased
Thank you. They are very worn. I will take more pics and try cropping and adjusting the temperature/lighting to see if I can get better clues. It was very interesting reading the comments and I really do appreciate your scholarship. Please forgive me if I create a blunder now and then as I learn to navigate your system. If you visit TN come see us, we love antique silver. Regards... Hilda
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Burwoodhall got a reaction from stefffana in Is this c1700 Britannia Lions Head Erased
Thank you. They are very worn. I will take more pics and try cropping and adjusting the temperature/lighting to see if I can get better clues. It was very interesting reading the comments and I really do appreciate your scholarship. Please forgive me if I create a blunder now and then as I learn to navigate your system. If you visit TN come see us, we love antique silver. Regards... Hilda
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Burwoodhall got a reaction from Arganto in Is this c1700 Britannia Lions Head Erased
Thank you. They are very worn. I will take more pics and try cropping and adjusting the temperature/lighting to see if I can get better clues. It was very interesting reading the comments and I really do appreciate your scholarship. Please forgive me if I create a blunder now and then as I learn to navigate your system. If you visit TN come see us, we love antique silver. Regards... Hilda
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Burwoodhall reacted to Arganto in Is this c1700 Britannia Lions Head Erased
If it is 'Lion's Head Erased', 'Hibernia' and 'Double Headed Eagle' all on one piece and it is a genuine item of one type or another it's an awfully schizophrenic one...The faded mark to the left looks a lot like an inverted crown to me, madness
Stefffana may be onto something.
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Burwoodhall reacted to LawrenceChard in Is this c1700 Britannia Lions Head Erased
As often, this could be helped by better or more photos.
The left hand mark in your top photo is unclear, perhaps worn, but you might be able to get a better photo.
The seated figure could be identified better if we could see his / her attributes, for example, is there a flag on the shield? if so is the a Union Flag (Jack), or some other.
It would also be worth cropping the photos, and how about showing an inverted close-up of the lower mark which looks like "LOND..."?
There are very many deities and personifications, on coins and elsewhere, which show a seated figure with a shield and other attributes.
If we can be sure the figure is Britannia, then we should be able to assume the metal is Britannia silver (95.83%).
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