Posted 8 years ago
billypicke…
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I must say, I love my local thrift store. I keep finding hot deals on things, like this sterling silver dish hallmarked though not sure who the maker is.
It is kind of strange to me that the markings are not in the center, they are off to the side on the ribbed area.
Yea, this was only 50 cents, well 54 with taxes.
Can you post a photo of the entire bottom of the dish where the stamps are, please?
just did..
Is the word "STERLING" completely spelled out? I can't see it on the new photo, it's not close enough. Sorry.... :-)
Oh never mind, Billy, I found your plate...better sit down...LOL
http://www.ebay.com/itm/L-Bros-Sterling-Silver-Reticulated-Plate-Tray-Dish-Birks-9-5-8-D-/251176816782
Oh cool Babe, I mean Efesgirl..
Thank You
LOL at my advanced age, I'll take the Babe!! hahaha you're welcome.
Nice...Thanks
Your mystery is solved............... :-)
The next mystery is "Who are 'L Bros'"?
There's an eagle's head mark on that dish on ebay .....
better seen here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Sterling-Silver-L-Bros-Individual-Nut-Dish-Candy-Bowl-Vtg-Set-Brothers-/301520958820
Maybe not an eagle but a bird ???
This is yet another pic of the marks.
The griffin / bird looks like it's inside a "C".
Someone "found the mark in Rainwater's E of ASM (4th Ed) in the unascribed marks section."
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9118
L. Bros., Toronto, Ontario, Canada ??
Lipman Brothers ??
http://www.passionforthepastantiques.com/store/products/item/backPID/silver-plate/products/l-bros-silver-plate-serving-dish-c1940/?tt_products%5Bbegin_at%5D=40&cHash=0e9276037f12e07142454eee0d4f0938
Right ... It is Canadian:
LIPMAN LEVINTER INDUSTRIES Ltd. formerly LIPMAN BROTHERS
41, Peter Street, Toronto
Manufacturers of silver and silverplated holloware. The business of Henry Lipman, and his son-in-law, Mervyn 'Bing' Levinter.
Mervyn 'Bing' Levinter died in 2010 aged 90 years.
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31885&start=120
vetrai050, nice research. Thank You for finding Lipman Bros.