Bonjoy wrote:
Sorry I don’t understand your ref to Thomas Eyre. Are you suggesting he produced the design at Rowtor (I thought this was accepted as being far older) or are you suggesting he travelled to Ashover to produce a partial copy of the Rowtor marks?
My fault ,Thomas Eyre is believed to have done some of the engravings at Rowtor , we can't be sure but it is possible he did the cross and cups/dots and rings . It is not in the tradfition of the cup and rings and if it wasnt't Eyre it would mean another engraver doing soemthing similar only earlier ,which is possible but....The Cocking Tor example looks like it may have been a copy of the Rowtor "cross" because of the "dots " but very unlikely it was done by Eyre , my guess would be a 20 th C .