Anyone ever hear of Derek Wakeling? No, neither had I – until I came across this bird of prey pendant. It’s hallmarked for Edinburgh 1977, and the maker’s initials – DW – were a complete mystery to me. A bit of online research came up with this list of maker’s initials on the Edinburgh Assay Office site:

http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Edinburgh-D.html#D

The font shown in the image is exactly the same as the one on the pendant, so I’m fairly confident that ol’ Derek was the maker. Anyway, I rather like this pendant and will be sorry to see it fly away.