Early Hardy Markings

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Lewis Chessman
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Early Hardy Markings

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Hello. I've had a good search and can't find an answer. Perhaps a kind soul here can help?
I was looking at an old greenheart rod on line tonight. It's in a sorry state. Only the bottom two sections are there and it looks to me as if someone has whipped an eye to the brass ferrule on the second section.

Not to bore you with too much detail (unless you want more), I noticed that the brass butt cap has simply, 'HARDY'S' with 'ALNWICK' stamped below, both in capitals. The stamp is towards the butt end and runs along the length, top to bottom, rather than around the curve of the cap.

I'm curious as other early stamps I've seen have read, 'Hardy Bros., Makers, Alnwick' or 'Hardy Bros., Ltd., Makers, etc.'.
I wondered, then, if this relic was from before 1874 when John James Hardy joined his brother in the company?

The pics I've seen are poor and no serial numbers are visible. The rod is on an auction site and I'm unsure of the forum etiquette in linking to it here. To be honest, it's not something I want to buy, I'm truly just interested in whether it can be dated by the 'trade mark' alone?
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