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Vintage Fine Crystal Silver Plate, Jelly, Mustard Jar whit Lid and Spoon Jelly 1900s
Marked W.S. & S EPNS A1 1174 - 1895-1920
William Suckling & Sons Silver plate, Birmingham, England
Founded by William Suckling in 1895, the company specialized in a very large range of silver-plated holloware marketed under the trade mane BURMESE, REGIS PLATE, KINGSWAY PLATE and PLATINE METAL. The firm went out of business in 1965. The "signpost" mark was used also by William R. Shirtcliffe of Sheffield.
The symbol "A1" on silverware is a marking used to indicate the number of ounces of pure silver used in the plating process. The marks used on silverware vary by country. On the reverse side of silverware, one can usually find one or more indented marks.