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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.

this needs to be moved to the Coin Silversmiths forum

That should have read "The marks, ALMOST always in that order..."

These pseudo marks are associated with the wholesale manufacture of (Philo B.) Gilbert, (Daniel) Cunningham & Co, NYC c 1840. The marks, always in that order, though often erratically stamped as here, are fairly common and found with the mark of retailers mostly in NYC, but as far south as Charl...