Maker's mark comparison reference
Compare 3 source-linked mark variants recorded under Wood & Hughes. These are reconstructions for comparison, not source photographs or authentication evidence.
Source-recorded mark text: W&H, eagle, head
Three stacked punches: worn rounded upper device, central diamond with coarse bird-like silhouette, and lower rounded punch with coarse head profile.
Low confidence comparison reconstruction.
Source-recorded mark text: Wood & Hughes
Long narrow single-border punch reading WOOD & HUGHES.
Low confidence comparison reconstruction.
Source-recorded mark text: W&H
Two unbordered source examples: upper W&H over 900, a horizontal rule, and 1000; lower W&H above curved STERLING.
Low confidence comparison reconstruction.
0.74–1.03× melt — the middle half of observed sold-price-to-silver-value ratios, from 10 weighable lots across 9 auction houses. Each lot uses the silver reference at its sale date.
This maker-level evidence does not value your object. Matching a mark cannot establish authenticity, material, condition or provenance.
Maker labels and date or location statements follow the cited source records. Similar names across source collections have not been merged. Compare the photographed mark and the complete object before relying on a resemblance.
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