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Thank Heavans, someone who accepts that makers may have used more stamps than the known samples. Hopefully, they'll enter your one into the archives for research samples. Also, I applaud your line of reasoning on the use: eliminate the impossible and whatever is left, however simple, must be the ans...

Thank you, very clear. Marks don't match. Did find O. Gilbertson listed as Chicago silver firm employee in accounts. Seems to be a family firm. No identity for initials here. Firm goes back to early century, 1906?, and were smiths who also did repairs and plating. Firm sold in recent years. Hope you...

Added: Winterthur collection has different "Cook" name samples of New England wares for anyone interested. No relationship should be inferred. Just a line of inquiry. Signed, Not God.

Thanks Cheryl. I never said this was a conclusive identification, but only a possible line of inquiry for researching some unanswered questions: composition, maker, dealer, date. What do we have? Samples of items with a mark said to come from the general area of upstate New York in an unspecified pe...

Interesting to see the Mother's Oats Ad. By the 1920's they had moved on to including semi-vitreous china pieces (made by Homer Laughlin) in their packages. One ad shows you could redeem a coupon for larger serving pieces. By late 30's, they included a solid colored ware called Carnival (also H/L ma...

The most appropriate thing would seem to be a skewer for holding something small to be carved such as poultry on a small side tray for an individual. Then again, maybe boiled carrots?

Fanciful depiction of Paul Revere's ride at night?

Thanks Amena for the Argentato refresher. As you see in my posting, I also expected Silverplate. I have encountered this mark myself on items of near recent origin. As to the plate thickness question: Raintree has a specifications list showing known thickness standards, but it is not in metric. 0.00...

Recheck your C& A. The only thing I can see with enlargement is a reversed C. At normal size this looks like a different letter poorly stamped, like Y or J etc.

Gilbert & Son mark is in Raintree reference. To wit, circular block G surrounding S with small ampersand (&) superimposed at half size of S. Your mark looks possible from what I can see in photo. Perhaps a close-up shot might clarify. A search of their names in Chicago area history might mat...

Arg itself could be argentine = silver plate, Argentum, argent (pur) = silver. 0.008 could be the amount of allowed impurity in silver used for plating, thus making the silver .992 which is close to the .999 fine amount. I'd guess plate mark with an unreadable makers mark next to that. No idea who w...

Norwegian metal stamp style...due to S after number?

Even though this Ace/Heart does not match the known mark, any chance this is Binder Bros. of New York? "Sterling Novelties" made and handled. Any chance it was from the Bek stock and quickly marked to distinguish it from the norm?

Great info on this maker, especially since it's so hard to nail down these fine buckle makers of the late 20th century. This also helps to put the use of N.Y.C. into a date frame context as New York City came to replace New York, New York increasingly over time. On another subject, Trev., can these ...

Would the mark for Gilbertson & Son Chicago (1920's) work. Looks like they might have been full smiths rather than just platers. At any rate, don't write yours off as the "copied from " piece, it could pre-date the Gorham.

As I understand this, Gorham traces their lion/anchor/G marks back to 1848. Should not the G be enclosed in a six sided mark rather than a round one? The anchor seems to always be present for items with Sterling standard (.925): mark and standard adopted in 1868 when coin was dropped. The lion seems...

Strangely, sounds like your describing a poorly impressed double headed eagle.

Got the impression that C is a G and this represents a line of words describing the material rather than a maker mark...something like Gold I(?)nlaid Sterling Silver [G.I.S.S.].

Rather than a maker mark, perhaps a retailer's specialty line mark. Maybe RonJay is just meant to be RonJ. And here comes the longshots...since the design resembles bubbling water drops like ocean spray maybe accessory line carried by RonJon Surf Shops in the past. Not like their current stock, but ...

Limited resolution enlarged..describe the letters and figural as you see them.