Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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American Silver Marks
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w. faber & Sons mark William Faber & Sons
Philadelphia, PA
Active 1828 - 1887, coin silver, later sterling & silverplate.


Fairchild & Co.
New York NY
1919 - 1922, sterling manufacturers, successors to Fairchild & Johnson.


Fara Co.
New York NY
Active c.1960 - 70, Mark used in the workshop of Jean's Silversmiths, small custom shop.


Rufus Farnum
Boston MA, Hanover NH, Norwich CT
(b.1771 - d.after 1833) Active c.1799 - 1833, in Norwich c.1810, in Hanover c.1833


American Silver Marks Rufus & Henry Farnum
Boston, MA & Hanover, NH
Active c.1800 - 1807


John C. Farr
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1824 - 1840


Farrington & Hunnewell
Boston, MA
Active c.1835 - 1885 John Farrington & George W. Hunnewell




Fenniman Co.
New York NY
c1915 - c1922


fessenden

Fessenden & Co.
Providence, RI
1858 -1922
Manufacturers of fancy souvenir spoons, flatware, novelties and holloware.




Marshall Field
Chicago, Il ~ 1903 - c.1940s
A high end department store, established its own crafts shop and produced handwrought Arts & Crafts jewelry, flatware & holloware in sterling, brass & copper.


Peter Field
Albany, NY
Active c.1785 - 1800, first in Hudson, NY, later in Albany.


finck William C. Finck Co.
Elizabeth, NJ
c1896 - c1914
Manufacturers of sterling holloware and souvenir spoons.


T. K. Fishel - C. A. Bugli Inc
New York, NY
c.1886 -c.1937
Manufacturers of low end sterling and costume jewelry.


Fishel, Nessler & Co.
New York, NY
c.1886 -c.1937
Primarily makers of sterling and costume jewelry. Majestic Mfg. Co. was a subdivision c.1900


fisher Fisher Silversmiths Inc.
Jersey City, NJ
c.1936 - 1970's?
Manufacturers of sterling and silverplate flatware and holloware. Mostly spun and weighted holloware with some good modern design.




Thomas Fletcher
Philadelphia, PA & Boston, MA
(b.1787 - d.1866) Active Boston c.1810, Philadelphia -c.1813 - 1830


Colin Van Gilder Forbes
New York, NY
Active c.1808 - 1839, Forbes & Son 1826 - 1838


Garret Forbes
New York, NY
(b.1785 - d.1851) Active c.1808


John Wesley Forbes
New York, NY
(b.1781 - d.1864) Active c.1808 - 1838


William Garret Forbes
New York, NY
((b.1751 - d.1840) Active c.1773 - 1830


American Silver Marks William Forbes or William Faris
Forbes (b.1751 - d.1840) Active c.1773 - 1830 in
New York City
Faris (b.1728 - d.1804) Active c.1760 - 1780 in
Annapolis, Maryland


Ford, Tupper & Behan
New York, NY
Active 1867 - 1867 Patrick Ford, Jonas Tupper & ? Behan. Primarily retailers and predecessors to Ford & Tupper.


Ford & Tupper
New York, NY
Active 1867 - 1874 Patrick Ford & Jonas Tupper. Primarily retailer's of quality silver. Successors to Ford, Tupper & Behan (1866/67)


James M. Ford
Boston, MA
Active middle of the 19th Century


Laurence Foss
(b.1920)

Massachusetts
active from c.1945
Studio jeweler, produced for Jensen USA in the late 40s.


H. Foster
Location Unknown
Either Henry Foster, active NY c.1830's or Hiram Foster, Philadelphia active c. 1820


Lillian R. Foster
(1898-1976)

Philadelphia, PA
Weston, CT
Master Craftsman - Society of Arts & Crafts Boston, studio jeweler


Thomas Foster
Newburyport, MA
(b.1799 - d.1887) Active c.1820's, in partnership with his brother, Nathaniel until 1860.


Foster & Bailey Foster & Bailey
Providence, RI
1878 -1898
Successors to White & Foster, manufacturers of small sterling, gold & silver plate novelties and jewelry. Succeeded by Theodore W. Foster & Bros. who continued the use of this mark.




Foster & Bros.
Theodore W. Foster & Bros.
Providence, RI
1898 -1951
Successors to Foster & Bailey, manufacturers of an expansive range of small sterling, gold & silver plate novelties as well as jewelry.


American Silver Marks John T. Fox
Rochester, NY
Active ca. 1841 - 1850, possibly set up for a time in Brooklyn, NY. Partner in C. A. Burr & Co. of Rochester after1863.


fradley J. F. Fradley & Co.
New York, NY
1866 -1936
Quality firm, maker's of small scale sterling and gold items, desk sets, vanity items, cane handles, frames, etc.


C. C. Franke
Possibly Maryland
19th Century


french G. H. French & Co.
North Attleboro, MA
ca. 1920 -1939
Flatware & holloware, absorbed into Ellmore Silver Co.




Elsa Freund

(1912-2001)

Eureka Springs, AK & Deland, FL
active from c.1950, studio jeweler


french John Frick Jewelry Co.
New York, NY
c.1910 - present




Clemens Friedell
Pasadena, California ~ c.1910 - 1963
Handwrought Arts & Crafts sterling. Important maker, trained in Austria and worked for Gorham on their Martele line.


John Fries
Philadelphia, PA
( Active c.1830 - 1850




Benjamin C. Frobisher
Boston, MA
(b.1792 - d.1862) Active 1816 - 1842, in partnership Stodder & Frobisher 1816 - 1825.


Philip H. Furman
Schenectedy, NY
Active c.1821 - 1842


fuchs Ferd. Fuchs & Bros.
New York, NY 1884 - 1891
Succeeded by Fuchs & Beiderhase.


Fuchs & Beiderhase
New York, NY 1891-1896
Rudolf Fuchs and George Beiderhase. Absorbed into Alvin c.1896



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