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Pictures of full spoon, both sides, please

mid 19th century by form. Canadian would be likely

Common wholesale marks of Hall, Hewson & Brower, Albany c 1850. "Concord" was likely some owner's family name.

Richard C. Akerly (1810-1895), longtime jeweler and watchmaker in Chicago and NYC. R. C. AKERLY & Co with James W. Robertson and Franklin Horton, 1850-1854 at 150 Bowery and, by 1853, 41 Fulton Street.

Arthur George Stone, Montpelier VT 1873-1910

silverplate

In addition to his own retail operations, Cole was a major supplier of wholesale silver goods pretty much across the country. This is one of several wholesale marks his factory used. Without a countermark, there is no way of telling who might retailed the piece.

Albert Coles

Retailed by Thomas W. Purdy, Newburgh NY c 1860; manufactured (wholesale) by John L. Westervelt

Isaac Henry Weston, jeweler in Portland ME c 1860

I have seen the mark with and without wholesale marks. Winterthur has several pieces such.

Sunderlin (Lewis) & Weaver (Devalson), Rochester c 1865

I have gone through the Myers book and found no matching initials. From known owners, the initial order appears two ways: M(ary) over R(obert) • L(ivngston) -- given/given/surname and M(oses) over I(saac) • R(eyna) -- surname/given/given Here is my example, also with untraced initials. It measures 8...

More than likely; standard shop wares of the period. There are various tests available to be conclusive, but would probably cost more than the spoon is worth.

well traveled

sorry, found my notes --

Joseph Lee
Lancaster and Camden, SC 1774-1814

Is this the same?



Maker not known per Winterthur.

Can you shoot the mark with more of a racking light (right and left)? Might bring out more form.

Levi B. Gay, watchmaker and jeweler, Nashua, NH 1856-1865, then Boston, MA 1865-c. 1875.