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“George Nathan and Ridley Hayes, Icknield Street & Howard Street Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London. between 1895 and 1915.”
The London maker is the only Candlestick maker registered in Chester with a shield and a double name sponsor mark in the right time period or at all. The mark was registered May 1897. ( Nota Bene The date letter N iinstituted in 1896 wasn’t changed until July 1897).
"George Nathan and Ridley Hayes were silversmiths who entered their first joint mark in 1897 in Birmingham. They were particularly known for their Arts & Crafts interpretation of early English silver - producing tea sets and caddies, bowls, baskets and desk sets. They traded under the name Nathan & Hayes and had premises in both Birmingham and Hatton Gardens in London. Hayes ceased to appear in records in 1912, but the firm continued trading as Nathan & Hayes. They were bought by S Blanckensee & Sons. "
And here’a the Chester mark on other Silver items for the firm:
https://purelysilver.info/george-nathan-ridley-hayes/#google_vignette
While the mark is indeed illegible, a careful look tells the buyer it is a shield mark, the date and it contains a pair of dis-similar initials.
The process of determining the sponsor mark then becomes deductive and conclusive.
Or to put it simply there aren’t any other candidates.
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