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Your best bet is to judge by the form of the spoons. He used, as my site shows, a variety of marks and several of them concurrently; I have seen a matched set of five coffin handled tablespoons -- two marked JPT, two marked J P TROTT, and one marked with both.
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Take Mr. McGrew's attributions with a considerably larger measure of salt than the AMA would recommend for one's daily nutrition. Many of his judgements are based on nothing more then heresay and wishful thinking. While the piece is undoubtably of New York origin, There is no firm evidence whatever ...

Gorham Thurber and John Gorham were first cousins, which no doubt reinforced the relationship.

The design patent (for the base alone) was issued to Ernest T. Beck of Meriden CT on 22 Mar 1927. I have no idea who used the design for the candlesticks, but that at least provides an earliest possible date.

John and James Cox and one of the numerous Clarks were in partnership as Cox & Clark in New York City in the 1830s. They were retail merchants and importers. Their mark is found in conjunction with a number of NYC silversmiths of the day.
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No; he was a working smith and a retailer. Any job that came through the door was attended to -- true then, true today. The federal eagle mark was used by dozens, if not scores, of makers.
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Henry Erwin, silversmith and watchmaker listed at 167 Chestnut Street in McElroy's Philadelphia Directory of 1840
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They are still working, but unfortunately have never used this form according to their agent. The mark does appear to be, after some careful cleaning and a strong loupe, JT, conjoined by the top stoke.
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The stones appear much brighter in my pics than they are; all three are distinctly different in colour, the colour is not at all regular in each, and two include very fine ( with a loupe) inclutions of silver veining. Which is not to say I disagree with the possible dating, just that these are not t...

Thank you; it has, in the last seven years, given me a good deal of pleasure in the doing and the sharing; if you can't afford to collect, research can prove a powerful anodyne.
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Brigden used half a dozen marks in his long career. The Z+B mark (Kane mark b) was used in the 1765-1785 period -- of the 15 creamers listed in Kane, it is used 10 times (the remaining 5 are marked ZB or Z-B, marks he began using in the late 1770s. The link provided is to my long out of date site; t...

No thoughts? Anyone?
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They are recorded as such in Darling's New York State Silversmiths; the firm advertised in the local papers durning the 1830s.
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Wheeler & Brooks were retail jewelers in Livonia NY c 1835
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My knowledge of native silver work is pathetic, so any information on this piece would be greatly appreciated. The necklace is 24" in length. The pendent drum is 2" tall and 3/4" in diameter. There is a maker's mark, difficult to read clearly, which looks like JI. The workmanship is q...

The 60 is a pattern or design number. I would say 1920s-1930s by the imagery, but patterns were kept in use for many decades.

Robert Wallace & Sons; Wallingford CT.

Well, I don't know about fast -- it's taken more than five years to research and build the site and it's still far from complete. In any case, I'm glad it helped.
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See here:
Benjamin Halstead
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Samuel, Benjamin or Andrew Demilt, working in New York City c 1800-1820; they all used virtually identical marks and no one has worked out just who made what. There is no definative name for the pattern.
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