extra information on silver beside maks of origin and company name and address

[cecilia]

I have seen a silver tray, abiout 30 icm diameter, three feet.

On the back it has:

GOLDSMITHS
SIVERSMITHS COMPANY
112 REGENT STREET

The siver marks are
the compny mark - looks like
G&S CO
LD
Lion Passant
Leopard's Head
u
crowned heads of George V and Queen Mary

So: assayed in London in 1935, and marking the year as the Silver
Jubilee, by a company that became (the web says) part of Garrards
later.

Beneath the marks appear (apparently scratched into the silver by a
steady hand) numbers
323
23977
20090

I've not noticed such numbers before. Who might have put them there
(the manufacturer? the retailer?) and why (stock control?)?

[Charles Ellson]

Post by cecilia
I have seen a silver tray, abiout 30 icm diameter, three feet.
GOLDSMITHS
SIVERSMITHS COMPANY
112 REGENT STREET
The siver marks are
the compny mark - looks like
G&S CO
LD
Lion Passant
Leopard's Head
u
crowned heads of George V and Queen Mary
So: assayed in London in 1935, and marking the year as the Silver
Jubilee, by a company that became (the web says) part of Garrards
later.
Beneath the marks appear (apparently scratched into the silver by a
steady hand) numbers
323
23977
20090
I've not noticed such numbers before. Who might have put them there
(the manufacturer? the retailer?) and why (stock control?)?

A pawnbroker ?

[cecilia]

On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:43:48 +0100, Charles Ellson

Post by Charles Ellson

Post by cecilia
I have seen a silver tray, abiout 30 icm diameter, three feet.
GOLDSMITHS
SIVERSMITHS COMPANY
112 REGENT STREET
The siver marks are
the compny mark - looks like
G&S CO
LD
Lion Passant
Leopard's Head
u
crowned heads of George V and Queen Mary
So: assayed in London in 1935, and marking the year as the Silver
Jubilee, by a company that became (the web says) part of Garrards
later.
Beneath the marks appear (apparently scratched into the silver by a
steady hand) numbers
323
23977
20090
I've not noticed such numbers before. Who might have put them there
(the manufacturer? the retailer?) and why (stock control?)?

A pawnbroker ?

Now, there's a thought.

It belonged to the deeased wife of a connection of mine - she died 5
years before he did, and she had no children, having married late in
life.

I do not remember seeing it in her house, either before or after
marriage.

She would have been 20 in 1935 - unlikely to have acquired a large
silver object. (She came from thrifty Yorkshire folk, who tended to
put their money into savings, investments or useful objects.) Her
parents seem unlikely to have got it for themselvres, for the same
reason - but I think if feasible that members of the extended family
gave a joint gift of a silver wedding object to her parents when they
celebrated their silver wedding in late 1936.
charlielinks

I had thought it probable that 1935 assayed objects would be on sale
in 1936.

But it may have been acquired second-hand, having been pawned by the
priginal owner.

Thank you.

















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