Hi,
I’ve been trying to work out the maker and date hallmarks on this cow topper of a butter dish. Any help would be mightily appreciated 
Many thanks,
Ben
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The maker’s mark appears to be TINC, which would be Creswick and Co (Thomas, James, and Nathaniel Creswick).
And that leads to a probable date of Sheffield, 1846. The lack of the Victoria duty mark is the only puzzle.
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Possible - it might be hidden behind the little piece in front of it.
ETA: And the duty mark would be in an oval, so the barely-visible right side of it would match that profile.
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It is also possible, as this is only part of the complete item, that this is a partial hallmark with another partial mark on the rest of the piece.
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Thank you very much for the info!
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