silver hall mark q

[cassa333]

I realy couldn't figure out which section to put this in so if it is wrong please send me in the right diresction. Thanks

What do these hall marks mean. They are on a sliver fob watch (it might be a pocket watch but I don't know what the difference is!!) and it has a couple of marks on. One is a lion, one is the letter K and the other is an anchor. Further down the letters ALD and a seriel number, 625014 under this.

On the handle is a lion and the letter G plus another mark that I can't see properly.

It came in it's own box from JW Benson Ltd

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[Mr Veritas]

Well,
The Lion indicates that it is British Silver.
The Anchor indicates it was assayed in Birmingham.
The Letter K (depending on the script) is the date letter.
ALD will be the makers mark(which looks to be Adie & Lovekin),scroll down here to see the mark:~http://www.925-1000.com/dlBirmingham.ht
ml#M

as they were in business between 1880 & 1910,your watch will date from then.
go to the top right for a chart of all the date letters,it depends on which type of script is used as to the date.
and 625014 would (probably) be the pattern number.
It's odd to have a seperate(different) date letter(G) on the handle,but not unknown,although this might NOT be a date letter at all,the lion (again) means British silver and the mark you can't see would probably be another makers mark.

[boxtops]

Have a look here, this might help:

http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html

[Mr Veritas]

The link isn't working as it should,let's give it another try?
http://www.925-1000.com/dlBirmingham.html#M

If not you can cut and paste it to your your address bar.

[cassa333]

Thank you Mr Veritas

[cassa333]

I have found out that it is by Aaron Lufkin Dennison.

I still can't figure out when though. The date letter looks like either a Birmingham date K 1859 and G 1855 or London k 1805 and G 1802. I know that this can't be the case as A.L.D was in production around 1902 to 1936.

Why are things so complicated for numpties like me???

[boxtops]

we can't all be good at everything cassa - it's good to be able to go somewhere else for specialist things - I wouldn't know this either!

[Mr Veritas]

cassa,
Reading silver hallmark date lettes CAN be quite difficult as the letters are often not that much different for different periods.
Try your local library(for a silver hallmark book/s) they may be clearer,as they will be in larger print!
We know it HAS to be Birmingham because of the Anchor,so that narrows it down a bit.
Good Luck, and if you need any more advice,just post!

[Mr Veritas]

PS:~
There quite a few entries on Google for Mr Dennison (who seems to have been American).
Maybe the watch was imported (from the USA) and THEN hallmarked here?
This might explain the difference in the dates of the watch and handle (imported at different dates and then assembled in Birmingham?)
Here is a link to the search results for Mr Dennison.
http://www.google.co....qi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Apologies if you have seen these before.