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Whole item photo, please.
Maltese cross, anchor, head, lion, initials?
Hallmarks Through History: The Trusted Signs of Silver and Gold
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It would be helpful to see the whole item, to know where you acquired it, and to know how old it is (i.e., was it passed down from your sainted great-grandmother?). That might steer us in the right direction.
There are some things we can rule out immediately. It’s not sterling from the U.K., the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. I’m not seeing any of the standard sterling marks from France or Germany, either.
My suspicion is that these are pseudo marks on a piece of silverplate, either from continental Europe or the U.S. It can’t be from the U.K., where using the lion passant on a non-sterling piece would get you a stretch in The Scrubs. Knowing where it came from might narrow down the search.
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Do both items have the same signature? If so, perhaps one is more legible.
https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=207098#p207098
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Yes, well done! This certainly looks like one of Weintraub’s fakes. 
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Thank You, Jeff! It’s nice and uplifting. 
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RD172581
An Archaeological Guide to English Registry Marks and Numbers
William Cheetham & Sons
Sheffield George Bishop Silverplate 1894 Iviene Ivy Fish Serving Set Slice Fork | eBay
"George Bishop (1849-1917) was born in Ecclesall, the son of William, a razor grinder, and his wife, Mary Ann. He was educated at a Boy’s Charity School and then worked as a silver finisher. After running a confectioners, by the mid-1890s he had launched George Bishop & Sons, electro-plate manufacturer, 216 Rockingham Street. George later lived at Saltergate, Bamford. He died at Belper on 15 March 1917, aged 68, leaving £3,745. He was buried at Ecclesall. His sons, Herbert (1873-1955) and Thomas (1877-?), continued at Rockingham Lane until about 1940. The trade mark was a mitre (picture). Thomas’s son, Cyril (1909-1976), was working as a capstan lathe operator in 1939, but after the War joined Sanders & Bowers.
The Iviene or Ivy pattern was a specialty of George Bishop cutlery and we understand that his eldest grandaughter, Iviena Bishop, born 1907, was named after the design.
(Base text by Geoffrey Tweedale with additional information supplied by Caroline Sage, great, great granddaughter of George Bishop.)"
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