Identifying Your Vintage Silver Bowl: Shreve, Crump & Low Markings

Question
hi , i have a vintage silver bowl that was passed down from my grandmother that was originally bought at shreve crump and low in boston and my question is that i was told it was sterling silver but it is not marked sterling but it does have a shield inside the bowl two lions holding the sheild above the shield is a hand holding a medevil axe inside the sheid is divided into 4 sections top left is i think the top of a pike , top right is a horse raised up , lower left is something im not quite sure what it is it almost looks like a hot air balloon but its not itsa something a cant identify and the lower right is also i cant identify its a v shape marking with a small version of the lower left described ballon shape sitting inside the v shape , anyway i was told that this sheild and logos inside the sheild are the silver marks is this true , thank you for any info you can give       best regards    bob from boston

Answer
Hello Bob and thank you for your inquiry. Your bowl sounds like it could be British in origin. I have included a site below that should help you in deciphering your marks. Just copy and paste it into your browser address field and hit enter. The site contains not only British, but American and other world marks. Since you have the visual mark, it may be easy to identify.

http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html

Hope this helps !

Sally