Hello, could anyone please help me identify this makers mark please, on an old spoon I have come across?
Many thanks.
It’s an electroplate mark of Richard Hodd & Son, a London company. Mark in use during the last quarter of the 19th century.
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And we know it’s from before 1896 because of the crown. After that date, it became illegal to use a crown mark on anything other than sterling silver, assayed in Sheffield.
If I’m not mistaken, the middle two marks, between the fleur-de-lis and the crown, are “EP,” for electroplate. Tough to make out because they’re heavily rubbed.