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Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« on: Tuesday 09 August 22 10:53 BST (UK) »
I've inherited this silver cup from 1841 and for the life of me I can't decipher the initials on it.  I'm trying to look back in the family tree to see who would have received it.  Is anyone any good at reading fancy cursive script?

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Re: Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 09 August 22 22:52 BST (UK) »
Top one looks like F E K.

Have you tried reversing the black and white or turning the photograph you have made upside down? 

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Re: Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 09 August 22 23:22 BST (UK) »
J T G underneath?

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Re: Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 11:03 BST (UK) »
The first letter doesn't have a crossing stroke, so it might be T E K.

The second set could be J T G, as GR2 says, or I T G.

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Re: Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 13:44 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the replies.  Here's another image.  I would expect the last letter of one of them to be a B but it's hard to see.  One of the ancestors alive at that time had initials of JVB. 

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Re: Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 23:12 BST (UK) »
Quote from: arthurk on Wednesday 10 August 22 11:03 BST (UK)
The first letter doesn't have a crossing stroke, so it might be T E K.

The second set could be J T G, as GR2 says, or I T G.

I think, even after looking at the new photograph, that these above are more likely to be the letters. 

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Re: Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 10 August 22 23:18 BST (UK) »
I can see T E K...The bottom letters ,I'm not sure.
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Re: Illegible Inscription on Silver Cup
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 11 August 22 03:27 BST (UK) »
I agree with TEK to ITG

I have used this website in the past to see how some engraved letters were formed, comparing to this alphabet if you follow each line on your engraving, you can make out the letters, even if a little stylised.
https://www.silverandpewtergifts.com/media/images/page-images/engraving-style/5linefancy-fullalphabet.jpg
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