has anyone any info on dating cutlery.I found an old spoon whilst metal detecting it is marked Fleming Sheffield Eng.also on it are what looks like "taunis silver".The plating has worn off and it is copper coloured.The area may have been a campsite previous to a battle fought in Antrim town N. ireland in 1798. Were spoons stamped as early as this i do'nt know maybe someone locally would know .Any help will be appreciated.


thanks, William

If it has the word silver on it , it's not silver and probably dates from about 1920

Try asking the Hawley Collection, or ARCUS (the archaeological unit at the university). I don't know their e-mail off hand, but I do know that you should be able to find it through the Sheffield university website. Try putting Hawley Collection into the search option. (They're an independent museum specialising in tools and tools for making tools, as used in Sheffield during the industrial period. They should at least be able to tell you something about the company you mentioned) Good luck!

If Western Park Museum wasn't currently being erfurbished I'd suggest you try asking there.
This web site may lead you to someone to contact:
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk/

If that doesn't help maybe someone in the archaeology dept at Sheffield Univeristy maybe able to point you in the right direction. http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/ap/

Nomme

2 threads merged.

The Kelly directory of 1927 show a Fleming and sons cutlers Thomas street.
Nothing in the 1901 census.

Further to my last entry the Fleming factory was called the Taurus works.

was I right about the spoon being from the 1920's ?I know a bit about this subject .

Thanks to all who replied to my query on the spoon found in N.Ireland Hutch and Abigailer cracked it as being dated around the 1920's ,thanks again.
William