Thread: Crown & No.1 brass inlays - any info anyone?

Here's one quite similar, definitely newer than the OP's
Wostenholm & Co No 80 WEST STREET

Originally Posted by Wullie

Here's one quite similar, definitely newer than the OP's
Wostenholm & Co No 80 WEST STREET

Nice looking blade Wullie there is a lot less detail in the crown also on mine without the inner items like yours has?
thanks for the link BobH
but the small circle below the top cross is different to the once above & in the link ?

Ah, no expert on crowns but remember being told that a Regina crown was recognizable because it had breasts and that sorta sticks in your mind. Where is Neil Miller when you need him?

Bob

This is as good an explanation as any.

Royal Crown and Cypher - Royal Symbols and Titles - Crown in Canada

One is the symbol of the crown chosen by the monarch. And the symbol that should be used to represent that monarch.

The other is the signature of the monarch.

The Cypher is used on guns because each bears her signature. The coat of arms goes on things that gain the crowns approval.

I was basically going by the crowns used on the rank badges worn in the Canadian Navy. From the RCN's establishment in 1910 till about 1954 the rank badges of ratings that contained crowns where of the Rex type and post 1954 the Regina type. The change in type of crowns would coincide with QEII becoming the British Monarch. From 1910 till 1953 all British monarchs were males.

Bob

It's a generic Sheffield 'Silver Steel' razor from a paired set made in the 1820's.

The crown on the scales was the same crown used on every single CROWN + Initials stamp or mark I've seen on cutlery, from the earliest George IVth items up to George V.


(George IV)



(William III)



(Victoria)


(George V)

Thanks Voidmonster
Like the the photos are they of your own?
Would be good if the blade actually had some other markings like yours but it gets me closer for sure cheers D

Originally Posted by BobH

Ah, no expert on crowns but remember being told that a Regina crown was recognizable because it had breasts and that sorta sticks in your mind. Where is Neil Miller when you need him?

Bob

What is it about female breasts that remind you of me, Bob? Admittedly I have a rather spiffing pair, but I don't remember showing them to you....

AFAIK and as Voidmonster as already said, they used a generic-type crown - what ever came to hand basically. They were not so cavalier with tang markings, though long-running companies like JR tended to use tang stamps without to much thought about who was on the throne, so neither the crown on the scales nor the tang stamp can be used to give us a definite date, just a range, which 9 times out of 10 is too broad to be meaningful.

Regards,
Neil

I think mine looks a bit like the Portugese, German, Belgian & Russian "Princes Coronet"
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