Such a small piece of silver decorating a fine stick, I believe it’s a Carved Horn handle depicting a Thistle. Appears to be only 3 parts of a hallmark which I’ve photographed as closely and clearly as possible 
Pretty well-worn marks. I would guess London, 1924. The “i” on the left, then the lion-passant, then the London assay office mark. But that’s only if I squint at it in just the right way.
https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/London/Date%20Letters%20I.html
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Thank you Jeff, I thought it would be a bit of a mission, with just a hint of professionalism
For me, the tipoff is the style of lower-case “i.” It doesn’t appear that any other assay office ever used that particular lettering style. That spares you from trying desperately to work out which assay office it is, since that’s the most heavily-rubbed mark of the three.
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That’s something I hope to remember in the future, just as long as the old grey matter doesn’t deteriorate too much 
. I saw some beautiful Viking silver yesterday ( coins ), wish I’d photographed them to show the detail, they were found by a detectorist in York and they were Stunning
The real smoking gun here is the shape of the punches which were only used on London hallmarks during the 2 date letter cycles 1896 to 1915 and 1916 to 1935. And just to be pedantic here, the hallmark is complete as the maker’s/ sponsor’s mark is not part of the hallmark
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