I wonder if anyone has any suggestions about this silver topped perfume bottle? It was sold to me as being by Stevens & Williams and dated 1910. However, on closer examination of the hallmarks I found them to be not from 1910 but from 1943! (The date letter is an upper case T but the top bar was worn smooth.) The maker's mark appears to be Payton & Pepper of Birmingham, a firm which has been around since the 1800's until at least the end of the 1990's, and may indeed still be around today - does anyone know?
My question is, does the Stevens & Williams ID still hold, given the difference in date? Also, does the cutting style fit with the 1943 date? If so, has anyone any idea who the designer might be? I am trying to keep an open mind about this bottle, given that it is of course always possible that the silver top could be a replacement, so the date of that doesn't necessarily have to relate to the bottle. For that reason also, I didn't put this query in 'British Glass', as of course a bottle made anywhere could have had a replacement top made for it in Birmingham!
Anyone got any ideas? Thanks
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