The EARLY MAKERS TRADE MARKS thread... lost and partly restored.

fernando · 26th January 2018, 03:16 PM

It would take someone with more knowledge to answer your questions; even the assumption that the (four) dots are not maker's marks but a period fashion symbol ... or both. ´
When i bought my cannons i have made some search and resumed that the four dots were typical marks of 15th century short cannons; something certainly not applicable to those in your sword.
Whether there is a time line linking both, i ignore.
In any case, why don't you show us the whole of your sword ?

26th January 2018, 03:16 PM	#11
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	It would take someone with more knowledge to answer your questions; even the assumption that the (four) dots are not maker's marks but a period fashion symbol ... or both. ´ When i bought my cannons i have made some search and resumed that the four dots were typical marks of 15th century short cannons; something certainly not applicable to those in your sword. Whether there is a time line linking both, i ignore. In any case, why don't you show us the whole of your sword ?