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(IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 11:55 am
by Aguest
:::a pair of small hanoverian rat-tail spoons:::

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Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 11:57 am
by Aguest
::: enlarge :::

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Jacob Ten Eyck? American Colonial 1730-1740?

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:22 am
by Aguest
Could some kind person please check out "Jacob Ten Eyck" An American Colonial Silversmith 1730-1740?

Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:36 am
by Waylander
Wev has a mark attributed to Ten Eyck on his page here - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... /44198.htm

FWIW, I think there are differences in the marks...

Waylander

Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:59 am
by Aguest
Yes those marks on the genealogy page do not match, but I was looking at a slideshow of a book called "Early American Silver Marks" by James Graham Jr. copyright 1936, it is freely available online, and the mark shown is a good match for my hallmark, an "IT" in a regular-looking font inside a circle.

I have yet to encounter it, though, all his works are in the museums and they only show the object not the hallmark.

Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 1:47 am
by Aguest
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Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 1:50 am
by Aguest
::: The first hallmark listed seems like a match, it does not have the extra dash in the middle of the "T" :::

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Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:35 am
by Waylander
Probably now beyond my (non existent!) knowledge of US silver. Any attribution is reliant on Graham's book being correct (and it is not one I am familiar with, although that doesn't mean anything). I'd await a more expert opinion.

Waylander

Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:57 pm
by wev
The maker is likely John Tanner of Newport RI. Winterthur has a number of similar spoons with the IT mark as here.

Graham's book should be approached with a good pinch of salt at the ready.

Re: (IT) provincial (IT)

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:28 am
by Waylander
Cheers wev

Waylander