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Offline ajcraig

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Silver buttplate
« on: July 17, 2022, 02:01:12 AM »
Here's an silver buttplate on Ebay with some interesting marks.  I have no interest in this item (other than curiosity).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175351522162?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2763.l2648

Please let me know if this should be posted in another sections. Cheers, Alex
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Offline Mattox Forge

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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2022, 04:00:46 AM »
It looks like it has been reworked for some reason. I have never seen a butt plate wrap around like that.



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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2022, 04:20:42 PM »
Somebody sure screwed up a nice buttplate. It should have some Sterling stamps on it somewhere.
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Offline JTR

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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2022, 04:50:48 PM »
Click on the Ebay link. Lot's more pictures, stamps, info, etc.
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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2022, 04:56:37 PM »
Here are some more images.

From eBay:

Description

Period: 1774.
Style: George III.
Dimensions: 117mm x 110mm.
Weight: 92g / 2.96 troy oz.
Condition: Wear commensurate with age and use.
Marks: Bears the makers mark CF as well as full Birmingham hallmarks.
Notes: A stunning item, most likely a mount from an 18th Century sporting gun.















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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2022, 05:32:32 PM »
It doesn't appear to have ever been mounted. Strange place for stamps too.
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Offline Mattox Forge

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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2022, 06:12:17 PM »
I think it was. You can make out where the upper hole has been filled. The toe has the remnants of border engraving. I don't understand why it was reshaped the way it was. I have seen hallmarks on the toe of plates similar to this one on other buttplates. I'll try and find the images of them.

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Offline Mattox Forge

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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2022, 08:17:05 PM »
Maybe it's been made into a punch ladle?
Mike
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Offline mr. no gold

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Re: Silver buttplate
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2022, 08:26:21 PM »
Probably all that remains of a wonderful English fowler. What a shame. A good silversmith could return it to what it was and it could then grace a new made gun. One similar to this turned up in the old Spanish Presidio fort here in San Diego. No other parts were ever found so far as I know and the whereabout of that butt plate is no longer known. There must be sone great stories here, but...
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