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Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd maker's marks

Compare 3 source-linked mark variants recorded under Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd. These are reconstructions for comparison, not source photographs or authentication evidence.

Source location statements
Bartlett's Passage, Holborn Circus, London; subsequently Fetter Lane, London EC4
Source date statements
1912..1921 · 1893..1929 · 1878 (registered Jan ;1878) · 1885..1908 · 1925 · (registered Nov ;1899) · 1885..1891 · 1894..1930 (registered Dec ;1893) · 1901..1908 · 1886..1904 (registered Jul ;1883)

Mark variant 1

Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd: CS, central five-point star, FS, and nested rectangular borders are retained left-to-right; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction

CS, central five-point star, FS, and nested rectangular borders are retained left-to-right.

Medium confidence comparison reconstruction.

Mark variant 2

Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd: Two discrete CS and FS punches, their left-to-right order, and individual borders; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction

Two discrete CS and FS punches, their left-to-right order, and individual borders are preserved.

Medium confidence comparison reconstruction.

Mark variant 3

Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd: C S, a small star-like central separator, and F S-like forms arranged left to right inside one compact worn rectangular cartouche; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd: C S, a small star-like central separator, and F S-like forms arranged left to right inside one compact worn rectangular cartouche; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

C S, a small star-like central separator, and F S-like forms arranged left to right inside one compact worn rectangular cartouche.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

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