Can anyone help with these marks on a pair of fiddle pattern table spoons? I am assuming Canadian. Many Thanks
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Marks on Canadian? Silver Spoons - can anyone help?
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Thanks for the contributions, people.
The references always seem to show the Pittsburg silversmith marking his pieces with JB McFadden
so I'm not sure if this is the same McFadden firm or not,
especially as the fake British hallmarks are not shown in the references for him,
and seem to resemble some marks shown for Canadian silversmiths.
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The references always seem to show the Pittsburg silversmith marking his pieces with JB McFadden
so I'm not sure if this is the same McFadden firm or not,
especially as the fake British hallmarks are not shown in the references for him,
and seem to resemble some marks shown for Canadian silversmiths.
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Re: Marks on Canadian? Silver Spoons - can anyone help?
Photo lost, but see later entry on McFadden suggesting he was a watchmaker/retailer. Normally referred to as a silversmith (including Pittsburg sources of late 1800's), definitive evidence of this is not yet seen posted. It is known that at least one item was marked by a silversmith as "made for" the McFadden firm, suggesting they had outside sources at least in part. Here is one McFadden mark: