Marks on four spoons

British Silver What is it?
1

Can you identify these marks please

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From the top:

  • Birmingham sterling silver, date letter L for 1935/6, maker’s mark indistinct but could be WHP for William Henry Pobjoy.

  • Base metal alloy by Harrison, Fisher & Co of Sheffield.

  • London sterling silver, date letter f for 1961/62, maker’s mark GW for Gwendoline Whicker of Falmouth, Cornwall.

  • London sterling silver, date letter G for 1802/03, maker’s mark SH (upside down) for Solomon Hougham.

Phil

3

Many thanks. I think the makers mark on the first one is actually HS?

4

No, it’s quite clearly 3 letters. I assume you meant the last one; note that I said it was upside down so SH, not HS. The maker was responsible for putting his own mark on before it went for assay. The assay office didn’t necessarily respect the orientation of thr maker’s mark.

5

No, sorry I meant the first one. Looking at the letters it is either WKH or WHH or WHR.

6

Would it be OK to clean them?

7

It will be much better to clean them than to leave them tarnished - it should also reveal the maker’s mark letters on the first one. Use a good quality silver polish to clean them. Note that the second one may not respond much to cleaning as it is not silver.