Can someone help me identify these hallmarks? Any assistance with maker/pattern would be great too. Thank you in advance!
These appear to be pseudo hallmarks, intended to look like the real thing. The anchor would be Birmingham, but real hallmarks would each be in a small shield surround. The lion is facing the wrong way, too, besides being suspiciously cartoonish. The “date letter” doesn’t really correspond to any of the Birmingham date letter series. No hint of anything that would identify a maker, unless someone recognizes this particular bit of fakery.
So, designed to deceive, or just to lend cachet to some ordinary plate? Tough to say. Unless there’s some other marking, like “STERLING,” my money would be on silverplate, with purely decorative value.
Thank you for your response. I neglected to mention it is stamped sterling in bold letters as well.
I think I found it! Please see attached and thanks again.
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I have a lovely Gorham spoon thats got an Anchor mark and a Scottish spoon with one…not always B’ham.
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Good grab on the Gorham marks! The “STERLING” stamp is another key, because that’s pretty consistent with U.S. and Canadian silver.
But of course, it’s not English, and it’s not a hallmark, because there’s no “hall” involved. It’s just a marking system that one U.S. maker came up with on their own. And somehow, I suspect the fact that it involves a lion and an anchor is not just a remarkable coincidence. 
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