Hi
Can anyone help me to identify this maker’s mark, please? It
looks to me like H. H-T and it’s on an Arts & Crafts silver quaich hallmarked for Edinburgh 1917.
Many thanks!
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Any other marks or possibly pics of Full item if possible please 
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How sure are you about the Edinburgh 1917 hallmark? Pics, please.
It certainly does appear to be a mark of H.H-T, but I’m having no luck tracking that down. Perhaps that’s a retailer, and the actual maker’s mark is adjacent to the hallmark.
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This is the mark of Harry Holmes-Tarn of Craigellachie, first recorded 1918. The Edinburgh 1917 date letter was used from September 1917 until September 1918.
Pictures of the Edinburgh hallmark and the quaich itself would be really useful to confirm the details and for future reference.
Phil
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Phil, hats off!
7th Battalion, the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Harry Holmes-Tarn, Esq., formerly Second Lieutenant 13th Hussars, to be Captain. Dated 26th March, .1902,
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Add that maker to the database!
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Using Phil’s very helpful direction I have managed to find out a lot about the life and family of Harry Holmes-Tarn, where he lived etc, but no trace of any other silver items by him. If anyone knows of any I’d be very interested to hear about it.
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There probably isn’t very much. He is noted as an “amateur silver worker” so very much a hobbyist I suspect.
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