Natal Police Nongqai Sterling SILVER spoon, South Africa, circa 1908
Sterling SILVER with enamel teaspoon for the Natal Police "Nongqai", former Natal Colony, South Africa. Engraved on bottom of spoon: "NATAL POLICE S.S.C" (I do not know what the S.S.C. stands for, maybe for some shooting competition?)
Maker's mark is: W.J.D. (William James Dingley, a well-known Birmingham silversmith)
Assay mark reads:
1. Anchor - for Birmingham
2. Lion passant - for Sterling Silver or England made.
3. Italic "i" - for date, 1908
The Natal Police, previously Natal Mounted Police, existed till 1913 when it got amalgamated in the new Union of South Africa Police.
Sterling SILVER with enamel teaspoon for the Natal Police "Nongqai", former Natal Colony, South Africa. Engraved on bottom of spoon: "NATAL POLICE S.S.C" (I do not know what the S.S.C. stands for, maybe for some shooting competition?)
Maker's mark is: W.J.D. (William James Dingley, a well-known Birmingham silversmith)
Assay mark reads:
1. Anchor - for Birmingham
2. Lion passant - for Sterling Silver or England made.
3. Italic "i" - for date, 1908
The Natal Police, previously Natal Mounted Police, existed till 1913 when it got amalgamated in the new Union of South Africa Police.
Sterling SILVER with enamel teaspoon for the Natal Police "Nongqai", former Natal Colony, South Africa. Engraved on bottom of spoon: "NATAL POLICE S.S.C" (I do not know what the S.S.C. stands for, maybe for some shooting competition?)
Maker's mark is: W.J.D. (William James Dingley, a well-known Birmingham silversmith)
Assay mark reads:
1. Anchor - for Birmingham
2. Lion passant - for Sterling Silver or England made.
3. Italic "i" - for date, 1908
The Natal Police, previously Natal Mounted Police, existed till 1913 when it got amalgamated in the new Union of South Africa Police.
