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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.

Is this a figural of someone in costume? Kultural or tribal relationship?

Does that read as letters "BOG" or is it a number before G such as in a grams measure of the Sterling weight.

The squiggly water marks at the base might indicate a maker located in a port city or a country using this commonly in other marks. I'm thinking Denmark or Norway? Cities could be Copenhagen, German North Sea, maybe British coastal.

Are those German styled Eagles surrounding the DRG? If so, possibly not a maker mark but the end client, to wit, Deutsche Riechsbahn Gessellschaft which marked items "DRG with eagle(s)". Background....post WWII western German sleeping car company formed to replace long established MITROPA ...

What is the last possible year that a spoon like this could have been crafted? If John Cook was a foreman for Evans in 1850, could he not have been working some 30 years earlier on his own? Many examples exist of people who started a company and later wound up as foreman (or the same effective posit...

Just an additional thought...the letter D can potentially represent Deutsche. This could be the Curtis meaning. Likewise, if an eagle were to stand in for "Silver", we could get German Silver as the meaning of the mark here. Long shot bet for sure.

Have we established that the material is in fact coin? Don't be fooled by what the type of mark suggests. As to Curtisville, it was a German silver maker that came from the F. Curtis & Co. partnership.(They knew how to work metals, not just plate them) The reason for the D mark used by the later...

Sorry, Katz on the brain. Replace leopard with tiger in last entry except at the middle. I before E, except after C.

While researching these lions, came across a commercial site (heraldry maker) not listed here due to rules. Had extensive list of elements, some with multiple samples such as the leopard. Common elements that make this lion actually a leopard appear to be simplified tail, reduced mane that does not ...

Did you rule out the aforementioned John Cook name? John Cook New York c.1850's - 1870s having an attributed mark only (initials in diamonds conjoined by circle). Leaves open possibility of different mark.

Would it mean anything if the lion depiction was said to be a tiger? How bout a leopard?

Just discovered that this form of "rampant" is actually a tiger rather than a lion...Clues in tail etc.. Apparently used by people you don't want to mess with.

In this form always described as "divided" and "covered". May be termed "cold serving " as well. Legs too low for additional heating source (I.e. Stereo can). No added extra insulation other than thickness of glass and no liner for ice jacket-so not "chilled servin...