How to date a Dunhill silver spigot?
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Well, if you really wanna' date her, you gotta' do it right: First you go talk to her daddy. Once you have his blessing, then it's just you and her on the porch swing, a bottle of wine, and the big ol' full moon.
The mark you need to look at is the date hallmark in the inset picture above 3103. Note, those are marks from the Birmingham assay office, the letter mark, third to the right is the date mark. From your picture, it looks like an X in the style of the mark used in 1997. Full series of Birmingham marks can be seen here,
http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilverhallmarksBIR.html
Dave
http://www.silvercollection.it/englishsilverhallmarksBIR.html
Dave
That's interesting that the pipe lacks the digit stamp beside "England" and is only shown via the hallmark. I haven't looked at enough Dunhill silver-spigots to determine if that is standard practice. I love spigots, that is a lovely pipe!
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