how old are these markings?

British Silver What is it?
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Hi been trying to research these markings for a while now and have only come up with the fact that they marked silver with .925 or sterling after 1868 so im assuming this is from before that but i havnt a clue please help
The marking beside the single “S” says “SILVER”








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start to polish the silver so you clean the mark - then we can see again.

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i am nervous to do so because i didnt want to detract from the value

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if value = dirt then I say :frowning:

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I think that what my friend is trying to say is that silver is supposed to be shiny. A gentle polish will improve its looks enormously and reveal the markings.

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after photos, hope its a bit more clear








Thanks for the help guys

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hey cmon guys really need your help on this even shined it all up so you can see the markings ,can anyone give me any info?

thanks in advance

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Well, oohshiny, our lack of a response is actually a collective “duhhhhhhh” - we just don’t know. I’ve looked in all my refereence books for the “C&S” and don’t see anything, but the mark that throws me the most, and probably some of the other people, is the one word “silver”…its just not a word we see on silver without some other word such as “sterling”, “coin”, “plate”, “nickel” or the like. Very unusual.

Sorry, but you can be sure a lot of very experienced folks have looked at it. And just for the record, those are the only marks?

Uncle Vic

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well thanks for takin a look any ways bummer you guys are stumped .ye those are the only marks on it iv inspected it carefully.