Hi Stephanie, There's a silver forum on the web where you can send a photo. it is at www.925-1000.com/forum/index.php It may be worth a try. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Lever" <salever1@rogers.com> To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: [YKS-BRADFORD] Bradford antique? > Hello All, > > I am looking for some direction in getting information about a piece of > "silverware" that has been passed down from my Bradford ancestors who > emigrated to Canada between 1857 and 1871. So far I have figured out that > it probably isn't silver because there is no lion hallmark, which > indicates > British silver. Nor is there any other silver mark. My ancestors were not > rich people so it is probably a very ordinary silverplated spoon. One of > the > marks looks like it could be a boar, Bradford's symbol. Another looks like > it could be a sheaf of wheat. I have looked for the Hallmarks in reference > books but have not found them. > > I note from the Genuki webpage on Bradford and the Pigots and Baines > directories that there were no silversmiths in Bradford in those years > (1822, 1829 and 1834). There were however, Cutlers, Tinsmiths and > Whitesmiths. > > My question is this. Is anyone from the list, aware of an antique and > collectible dealer in the Bradford area, to whom I could send an image? > Perhaps > they would be able to tell me if the spoon was locally made. > I have consulted antique dealers here and no one recognizes the marks. I > have tried Google but am not getting anywhere. > > While a simple spoon may seem insignificant, it may tell me something > about > my ancestors. I like to look beyond the basics; names, dates, occupations > etc. > > Cheers and thanks, > Stephanie Lever > (researching Halliday, Sutcliffe and Hemingway) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.5/1228 - Release Date: > 16/01/2008 09:01 > >