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What am I? unusual antique identification
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What am I?
Here is this weeks What am I? Do you know what these are? These special type of scissors have gone completely out of fashion these days but were regularly seen in fashionable Victorian and Edwardian households. You can also see them at banquets and in the poshest restaurants.
Very collectable these days – especially in their original boxes and when they have a full set of Victorian Silver hallmarks:
Grape Scissors
Grape scissors can be identified by their rounded tip and the handles being angled away from the blades.
This particular pair of Grape Scissors are fully hallmarked for London 1897 and have the makers mark “GJDF”. I believe that this makers mark is for: George Maudsley Jackson and David Landsborough Fullerton of Josiah Williams & Company a high quality and sought after silversmith.
Here are the hallmarks for those interested:
Hallmarks on Grape Scissors
Is your Georgian silver fake?
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Georgian Silver Hallmark
Have you a collection of small Georgian silver? Has it been aquired recently and if so how do you know it is real? The Antiques Trade Gazette is telling the tale of the largest forger in recent times and also details some of the makers marks he was forging. I would be particularly concerned if you purchased your items on eBay (unles you bought them from me of course!) as it appears he used the on-line auction site as an outlet for these items.
Any pieces which you are concerned about should be reported to the Antique Plate Comittee - Phone 020 7606 8971