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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating photo/deciphering name
« on: Friday 02 January 26 01:53 GMT (UK) »
The studio watermark and inscription mentioned in my post above:
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Dating photo/deciphering name
« on: Friday 02 January 26 01:51 GMT (UK) »
This portrait that I recently found in my late gran's papers seems to show a lover of my great-grandmother (1878-1956 b Lancashire; lived Yorkshire (briefly), Cheshire and North Wales). It follows that he may be my gran's father, a mystery that has long eluded us.
The photographer's indented mark on the lower right corner (John W. French, I think) suggests the photo may have been taken around 1900 in Sunderland. Based on the sitter's appearance, can anyone date the photo more precisely?
Lastly, any guesses as to the sitter's name, assuming he also wrote the message on the back of the photo? "Cressie", I think?
The photographer's indented mark on the lower right corner (John W. French, I think) suggests the photo may have been taken around 1900 in Sunderland. Based on the sitter's appearance, can anyone date the photo more precisely?
Lastly, any guesses as to the sitter's name, assuming he also wrote the message on the back of the photo? "Cressie", I think?
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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Mystery badge with crest
« on: Friday 18 October 24 15:17 BST (UK) »
That's very helpful, Chas. I don't suppose you know the school's name? I see there is a Sir John Talbot School today, but there is no reference to its history (possibly suggesting it's modern).
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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Mystery badge with crest
« on: Friday 18 October 24 13:54 BST (UK) »
The badge show in the attached photo was among my late grandparents' things; I had assumed it was regimental and from a British Army uniform during one of the world wars, but an enquiry elsewhere on this forum seems to have ruled that out. The coat of arms appears to be that of the Earls of Shrewsbury, who as far as I know my family is not connected to in any way, although my grandparents are from the Northwest of England and North Wales.
Any thoughts on where a cloth badge like this might have appeared (a uniform of an employee of an Earl of Shrewsbury?) and of the possible age of this one?
Any thoughts on where a cloth badge like this might have appeared (a uniform of an employee of an Earl of Shrewsbury?) and of the possible age of this one?
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Armed Forces / Re: Mystery badge - UK
« on: Friday 18 October 24 02:37 BST (UK) »The motto and crest look similar to that of the Earl of Shrewsbury.Yes, that's the only lead I've found. But in what context would an ancestor of mine -- with no relation to any earls, as far as I know -- have had a badge of that family's crest?
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Armed Forces / Mystery badge - UK
« on: Friday 18 October 24 02:20 BST (UK) »
The badge shown in the attached photo was among my late grandparents' things. I assume it is regimental, British and from either WW1 or WW2. Can anyone identify it? An image search isn't turning up any matches.
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The Common Room / Re: Tracing an English (sea?) chest engraved "CL 1727"
« on: Tuesday 23 July 24 18:42 BST (UK) »
The relatives who own this chest have certainly had some (probably insensitive) restoration work done over the years, but the wood and nails appear to my eye to be original. I just can't gauge their age or the reason for engraving initials on such a chest.
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The Common Room / Re: Tracing an English (sea?) chest engraved "CL 1727"
« on: Tuesday 23 July 24 18:22 BST (UK) »
Thanks, all. That makes sense, with the initials and year carved as an embellishment (since presumably initials weren't usually carved into linen chests?)
An interior photo is attached.
An interior photo is attached.
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The Common Room / Tracing an English (sea?) chest engraved "CL 1727"
« on: Tuesday 23 July 24 17:29 BST (UK) »
A relative inherited the wooden chest shown in the attached photo, which was supposedly passed down -- ultimately via the Gaskill/Gaskell family of Lancashire -- from an unknown ancestor of ours who reportedly owned schooners. We assume the engraved "CL 1727", which is visible in the photo, refers to the ancestor, and we'll try to follow Ancestry.co.uk hints backwards from our known ancestors until, hopefully, we find someone with those initials from the early 18th C.
Does anyone have other suggestions, specifically given the maritime angle to this mystery? Also, is this what sea chests even looked like in the 18th Century? I am turning up much more rustic looking chests via Google Images.
Does anyone have other suggestions, specifically given the maritime angle to this mystery? Also, is this what sea chests even looked like in the 18th Century? I am turning up much more rustic looking chests via Google Images.