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Hamuel

Joined: 01 Mar 2010
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Posted: 01/03/2010
Post subject: Mystery of makers mark on pocket watch - please help

Recently obtained a Silver ladies pocketwatch

Inside the back casing there are...
- 2 Standing lions either side of the number 7
- Above this the numbers 9662
- Above this a very thin shield shape which might also have a standing lion inside although it is so small I'd be impressed
- above this .935

These can be seen [URL="http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Hamuelson/watch/date.jpg"]here[/URL][/code]

I've been looking around on the internet to work this out and have come up with...
The lions indicate Glasgow and the lack of a date mark mean this will be from the period 1800-1819. Not sure about the 7 but the 9662 is a design number and the .935 are the parts per 1000 silver. Is this correct?

The makers mark is probably LF inside an oval but could be an LP I guess. This can be seen [URL="http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Hamuelson/watch/makers.jpg"]here[/URL].

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried my local library but there are no relevent books Sad

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