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Granted the images for this posting are gone or have been replaced but could these spoons have been sold by the Lynchburg, Virginia jewelers Josiah Clift or has son by the same name?
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Jabez Gorham is listed in the 1832 Providence Directory at 12 Steeple as is Henry L Webster, both were jewellers, and the silversmith firm Gorham & Webster is at the same address. Jabez Gorham 2d is listed at 11 President as a jeweller in the same directory. Jabez Gorham and Jabez Gorham 2d alon...

Salmoned, I have to make a retraction. You made me look into the matter some more. This pin very closely approximates the 1B which is the model that was delivered to the Army. I like it better that way, and thank you again.
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It was designed and built to sell to the Army, but I only lean toward the experimental version because this pin is simpler than the drawings for the YMF-1. Maybe it was just easier to produce. Thanks for you insights. They're always welcome.
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I may be stretching it a bit, but it looks like the Bell XFM-1 Airacuda which of course is the XFM-1 before the Army Airforce's input on what it should contain.
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Thank you salmoned. I have a little information about the aircraft itself and if no one else brings that out, I'll be happy to do so at some point. My hope is that someone will know something about the manufacture of items like this one in particular. The best I can do for now is label it as sweethe...

The marks are difficult to make out with the shadows on them in the image. Try this one for Charles M Robbins though:
http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_R2.html
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This Broach is about two and a half inches long. The wing span is about two inches. It appears to be stamped or pressed metal. The only marking is the word sterling. Any help with further information would be very much appreciated. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1589/6430983/12454042/379919929.jpg .

Jerome M Hilborn & Jerome M Hamburger. This firm goes back to at least 1929. Earlier both men were officers in the uniform trimmings company N (Nathan) S Meyers, New York, New York.


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It is difficult for me to read too, but it looks like it is Suzanne St Claire for certain.
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Your post is still relatively new, so with a little more time somebody may come along that knows something about the set. As a guess, the style of the decoration on the pieces looks German. From the images, I'd say this is silverplate. With no marks indicating silver quality or finess, that's a pret...

William H and John A Van Keuren are listed as jewelers and watchmakers at 367 Main in Poughkeepsie Directories from 1874 to 1891.
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Many of us, definitely myself included, have been curios about the "H" in the pennant that is attributed to Watson. To take my own curiosity about this subject a step further, does anyone have any reference to the Mechanics Sterling Co other than those that ultimately go back to late ninet...

George R and Elliot Bell were the founders of the Bell Bros firm. George was born in Scotland in about 1818 and Elliot was born in New York in about 1820. Both men were St Lawrence County, New York watchmakers and jewelers from at least 1850.
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Billings S Farrington was well established in Woonsocket Rhode Island in 1846. He is shown in the Woonsocket Directory as removing to Wales, Massachusetts in 1890.
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No doubt this is a stretch, but there were three Turkish Armenian brothers that were jewelry manufacturers in New York City in the correct time frame. Their surname was Voskerchian or Voskerjian. Roughly because of penmanship from the source and likely spelling problems as well as anglicizations, th...

Franz Anton Greshoff a goldsmith and a resident of Telgte, Prussia (Germany) immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in 1852 and was naturalized in 1857, so he didn't waste any time with the citizenship process. His anglicized name was Francis Anthony Greshoff. As there was no one else in the family with ...

There is a James Hansell in the 1856 Philadelphia Directory listed as a jeweler at 236 Market.
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Your contributions are alway magnificent. This is no exception. Thank you!
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In the 1929 Attleboro Directory, Herbert R Morss and Howard M Balou were principals in H R Morss & Co silversmiths. Herbert resided in Rahway, New Jersey. In the 1935-'36 Attleboro Directory Herbert R Morss is listed at both H R Morss & Co and Blackinton & Co. The two companies are at th...